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kaitangata

1. (noun) cannibal, cannibalism, eating of human flesh.

Nō te Kirihimete o te tau 1814, ka kauwhau ia i tana kauwhau tuatahi ki a Ngā Puhi i Oihi, ahakoa rā, kāhore i tere tonu te mutu o te patu tangata, me te kaitangata a te Māori (TKO 31/8/1919:3). / At Christmas in 1814 he preached his first sermon to Ngā Puhi at Oihi, but despite this Māori did not stop killing and practising cannibalism very quickly.

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2. (modifier) man-eating - eating of human flesh by animals.

Otirā mehemea ki te tae ki tērā whenua nui, ki Īnia e kite ana, e rongo ana he mano-tini ngā tāngata e mate ana, e pau ana i ngā kararehe kaitangata o te koraha (KO 15/5/1885:2). / But if one goes to that continent, to India one will see and hear about the many people being killed and eaten by the man-eating animals of the wilderness.

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