tautohetohe
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to contend with each other, persist, argue, debate, haggle, quarrel.
E rima hāora me te hāwhe te Hīnota Tianara e tautohetohe ana mō tēnei mōtini, ā, kātahi anō ka pāhi (TTT 1/5/1928:774). / General Synod were debating this motion for five and a half hours, and then it finally passed.
See also tautotohe
Synonyms: tohe, tautohe, tautotohe, hotahota, hohota, takakawe, whaiwhairoroa, tohetohe, pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu
2. (modifier) controversial, contentious, divisive, debatable.
He tangata manganga, he tangata tautohetohe te tangata nei a Ngāpipi Rēweti (TTR 1996:163). / Ngāpipi Rēweti was an enigmatic and controversial figure.
3. (noun) dispute, quarrel, argument, disagreement.
He maha ā rātau tautohetohe i waenganui i a rātau mō ō rātau tika (TTT 1/6/1922:7). / They have many disputes amongst themselves about their rights.
4. (noun) debate.
Ko tētahi o ngā take nui o te Pāremata ināia tata nei, ko te tautohetohe o ngā mema mō te Paipera kia whakaaetia kia kōrerotia i roto i ngā kura Kāwanatanga o te motu (TTT 1/10/1927:695). / One of the important topics of Parliament recently was the members' debate concerning the Bible that it be allowed to be read in the public schools of the country.
