- Look up
tangata in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Tangata may
refer to:
Tangata (spider), a
genus of
spiders in the
family Orsolobidae Tangata whenua...
- In New Zealand,
tangata whenua (Māori pronunciation: [ˈtaŋata ˈfɛnʉ.a]) is a Māori term that
translates to "people of the land". It can
refer to either...
- The
Tangata manu ("bird-man," from
tangata "human beings" + manu "bird") was the
winner of a
traditional ritual competition on Rapa Nui (Easter Island)...
-
Tangata rakiura is a
species of
araneomorph spider of the
genus Tangata. The
species is
endemic to New
Zealand This
species was
first described from a...
-
Tangata plena is a
species of Orsolobidae. The
species is
endemic to New Zealand. This
species was
described as
Ascuta plena in 1956 by Ray
Forster from...
-
Tangata alpina is a
species of Orsolobidae. The
species is
endemic to New Zealand. This
species was
described as
Ascuta alpina in 1956 by Ray Forster...
- In Māori mythology,
Kaitangata is
either a
mortal son of Māui, or a son of star-god Rehua. Kaitangata, the son of Māui, is an
industrious man who married...
-
Tangata nigra is a
species of Orsolobidae. The
species is
endemic to New Zealand. This
species was
described in 1985 by Ray
Forster and
Norman Platnick...
- only in New Zealand:
Tangata alpina (Forster, 1956) – New
Zealand Tangata furcata Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New
Zealand Tangata horningi Forster & Platnick...
- and oral traditions, the word
distinguished ordinary mortal human beings—
tāngata māori—from
deities and
spirits (wairua). Likewise, wai māori
denotes "fresh...
