2. (modifier) be unripe, fresh, uncooked.
Ka ruiruia e ia ana karepe kaiota anō ko te wāina (PT Hopa 15:33). / He will shake off his unripe grapes as the vine.
3. (noun) herbivore.
He kaiota te manu nei. Ko ētahi o āna tino kai, ko ngā kākano, ngā rau, ngā tātā me ngā pakiaka o ētahi tipu. Ka kaikainga ngā mea kākoa, me te ngongo i te pia o roto (HM 4/1998:4). / This bird is a herbivore. Some of its staple foods are seeds, leaves, stalks and the roots of some plants. Fibrous things are eaten and the sap inside is sucked out.
