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Ariatu

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Ariatu

adjectivenounpluralReviewed
Class IAnimated beings, rational beings, people.

Definitions

  1. 1
    Eaters of human flesh; those who practise cannibalism.

Related words

Muri'atu

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Social roles & titles
  • Kinguanjí— Cannibal; anthropophagite. | Disgusting, cruel, infamous. |
  • Nyam-nyam— Name by which cannibals were designated.
  • Mulúui— Sponger; freeloader. | One who lives by sponging.
  • Múri— Eater; devourer.
  • Atata— Rustics; country men; savages; men of no account.
  • Múmbumbu— Rude; coarse.
  • Mutále— Person who skins dead animals.
  • Nduandua— Scoundrel; rogue; rascal; person who commits licentious acts
  • Ndéba— One who eats or lives at another's expense; useless man; par
  • Manyânge— Priests of death. Highway robbers; hunters of victims.
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