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koumangai

Bingham

kóum'angai

vi. to engage in extracting double teeth from corpses after battle.
n. the extraction of double teeth from the slain after battle.

Sabatier

koumangai

v. to extract teeth (as in ancient custom of war to make ornaments).
vt. koumangaia: idem.

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