kakari
1. (verb) to battle, fight, agitate for.
Nō rāua ka kakari ki te tono kia whakatūria he kura tuarua mō tō rātau rohe, ka tukua e Whina he whenua raorao hei whakatū kura i Panguru, e ono eka te rahi (TTR 1998:17). / They battled for a secondary school to be established for their area and Whina donated six acres of flat land at Panguru as the site for the school.
2. (noun) fight, battle, skirmish, conflict, clash, fighting.
I te pakanga o Takrouna, tino kitea ai te kaha o te kakari, te toa takitahi o ngā hōia (TTR 2000:114). / At the battle of Takrouna the intensity of the fighting and the individual gallantry was very evident.
Synonyms: kawe a riri, riri, kekeritanga, pakanga, tatauranga, kakaritanga, matawhāura, parekura, putakari, riringa, nguha
3. (noun) scrum (rugby).
Synonyms: kirimiti
riri
1. (verb) (rīria) to scold, tell off, be angry, annoyed, enraged, furious, incensed, indignant, infuriated, irate, outraged, riled.
Ka whakakeke au. Kua rūpahu au ki taku māmā kāore noa iho ia i riri mai i a au (HP 1991:23). / I was silent. I had lied to my mother so that she would not be angry with me.
Synonyms: koeka, kowhete, whakamania, kohete, whakangutungutu, takariri, pukuriri, whakatakariri, wheke, tūpehupehu, kōhetehete, kua puhipuhi te tero o Tāwhiri, whāuraura, kōwhetewhete
2. (noun) anger, fight, quarrel, rage, wrath, battle.
Kāti te riri, whakarērea hoki te ārita; kei mamae koe, kei tākina kia mahi i te kino (PT Ngā Waiata 37:8). / Do not be angry, and forsake wrath; lest you be hurt or led into evil deeds.
Synonyms: rūtā, whakatūpehupehu, niwha, matawhāura, kakari, kawe a riri, kekeritanga, pakanga, tatauranga, nguha, kakaritanga, parekura, putakari, riringa, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe, kekeri, kairiri, kowhete, totohe, taututetute, tautohe, tauwhāinga, tarahae, kohete, ngangau, pākani
3. (noun) ferocity, violence, aggression.
Nō te mutunga o te riri o te puia ka ngaro ngā kōtiro tokorua rā, tētahi Pākehā nō Ākarana, me Hōhepa Wōpereki, kua oti te momi e te roto (TP 9/1903:10). / When the ferocity of the eruption ended those two girls, a Pākehā from Auckland and Joseph Warbrick were missing having been completely swallowed up by the lake.
riringa
1. (noun) anger, battle, fight, skirmish, fracas.
Tokotoru o te Hauhau i mate i tēnei riringa, kotahi i mau, nā Paora, he hunōnga ki a Matiu Kauhuka o Ngāti Kuru-pakiaka, nāna i hopu (TWM 13/8/1868:3). / Three Hauhau were killed in this battle, one was captured by Paora, a son-in-law to Matiu Kauhuka of Ngāti Kuru-pakiaka.
Synonyms: kakaritanga, kakari, kawe a riri, riri, kekeritanga, pakanga, tatauranga, nguha, matawhāura, parekura, putakari
rīriri
1. (verb) (rīria) to quarrel, fight.
Ka tukua te taonga pounamu hei tohu mō te rongomau i waenganui i ētahi e rīriri ana (Te Ara 2013). / Valuable greenstone heirlooms were given to establish peace amongst some who were fighting.
Synonyms: pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe
2. (noun) fighting, warfare, warring, hostility.
Kīhai i taea e rāua te whakamutu te rīriri a ngā iwi o Taranaki ki ā rātou anō (TTR 1990:17). / They were unable to end the warfare within the Taranaki tribes.
whawhai
1. (verb) (-tia) to fight, quarrel.
I whawhai anō ia me tana ope ki Te Pirirākau i raro i a Pene Taka i Te Whakamārama, i Kaimai, i Paengaroa (TP 8/1901:9). / He and his group also fought against Te Pirirākau under Captain Tucker at Te Whakamārama, Kaimai and Paengaroa.
Synonyms: pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe
2. (noun) affray, fight, conflict, clash, skirmish.
I tētahi whawhaitanga i muri mai, ka riro tētahi o ngā pū repo a te Pākehā i te Māori, nō muri mai ka tuomakia mai e tētahi Pākehā nō Amerika, he kaupoai (TP 7/1900:8). / In a later fight, one of the cannons of the Pākehā was taken by the Māori, and later on, a Pākehā from America, a cowboy, came hurrying up.
waitaua
1. (noun) army, body of fighting men.
Nā ngā waitaua a Pōmare i whatungarongaro ai te tangata, i tūhonohono ai tēnā iwi ki tēnā iwi hei whakakaha i a rātou, i tino whakarerekētia ai te noho a te iwi Māori mai i taua wā (TTR 1990:115). / Pomare's war parties devastated the population, resulting in tribes regrouping and having lasting effects on Māori society.
kekeri
1. (verb) to fight, quarrel, wage war.
Kua kekeri anō te Wīwī rāua ko ngā iwi o Matakahaka nā te tangata whenua i whakaeke (KO 15/10/1883:3). / The French and the tribes of Madagascar are fighting again and it was the indigenous people who attacked.
Synonyms: pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe
kekeritanga
1. (noun) fight, quarrel, affray, altercation, battle, conflict, dispute, encounter, engagement, fracas, fray, hostilities, skirmish, war.
Synonyms: kakaritanga, kakari, kawe a riri, riri, pakanga, tatauranga, nguha, matawhāura, parekura, putakari, riringa, pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe
rau o te patu
1. war, violence, fighting, hostilities, warfare, conquest.
Ko te kupu a te rangatira te ture o tōna iwi. Ko ia hei whakaara i te rau o te patu, ko ia hei hohou i te rongo (TTT 1/5/1922:7). / The word of the chief was the law of his kinship group. He could instigate war and he could make peace.
pakanga
1. (verb) (-tia) to fight, battle, wage war, be at war with.
Ko tāna mahi i tēnei o ōna hokinga mai he hohou haere i te rongo i waenganui o ngā hapū e pakanga tonu ana tētahi ki tētahi (TP 6/1907:5). / His work on this return trip was to establish peace amongst the kinship groups that were still at war with one another.
E mōhio ana ētahi o tātou i te wā i pakangatia ai ā rātou kēhi i roto i te Hupirimi Kōti i whakataua ai kua manakore rātou ki ō rātou whenua i te mea kua nuku atu i te 20 tau te Pākehā e noho pōhēhē ana i runga i aua whenua, ā, i roto i aua tau kāore rātou, ngā Pākehā, i utu rēti, i tonoa rānei kia utu rēti, i whakararurarutia rānei mō tā rātou noho pōhēhē i reira (TTT 1/12/1923:5). / Some of us know that at the time their case was being fought in the Supreme Court it was determined that they had no authority over their lands because the Pākehā had been living mistakenly on those lands for more than 20 years and in that period they, the Pākehā, had not paid rent, or been asked to pay rent, or been harassed about their mistaken occupation at that place.
Synonyms: kakaritanga, kakari, kawe a riri, riri, kekeritanga, tatauranga, nguha, matawhāura, parekura, putakari, riringa
2. (noun) battle, strife, hostility, war, engagement, conflict.
I te tau 1830, ka tū te pakanga e kīia nei ko Taumatawīwī ki ngā harapaki ki te raki o Maungatautari (TTR 1990:317). / In 1830 the battle called Taumatawīwī took place on the northern slopes of Maungatautari.
kairiri
1. (verb) (-tia) to find fault with, quarrel, oppose, clash, turn against.
I Te Kao ka whakaaro a Ākenehi me kaha ake tana whakahau i āna tūroro, ā, me ka kore e whakarongo ki āna tohutohu, ka whakawehia e ia. Koia tēnei te take i tahuri ai te iwi kāinga ki te kairiri ki a ia (TTR 1996:40). / At Te Kao, Ākenehi thought she should give strict instructions to her patients and if they refused to follow her instructions she would threaten them. This was the reason that the local Māori turned against her.
Synonyms: pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe
2. (modifier) hostile, aggressive.
Ka mutu tana riri ki ngā iwi kē atu, kātahi ka riri noa iho anō, he riri kairiri, ko Ngāti Tūtānekai tētahi, ko Ngāti Rangiteaorere tētahi; huia iho anō te rua o ōna hapū, a Ngāti Uenukukōpako, ki te riri kairiri (M 2005:360). / When his battles against other tribes had ended, then he fought in minor quarrels and blood feuds with his other subtribes, Ngāti Tūtānekai and Ngāti Rangiteaorere and there was a blood feud with Ngāti Uenukukōpako.
3. (noun) hostilities, quarrel, conflict, fight, aggression.
Ko tēnei pātere nā Te Whakatōhea, e noho rā i te takiwā o Ōpōtiki mō ngā kairiri i waenganui i a rāua ko Ngāi Tai o Tōrere (M 2005:128). / This chant of derision is by Te Whakatōhea who live in the Ōpōtiki area and concerns the hostilities between them and Ngāi Tai of Tōrere.
mate ururoa
1. (noun) dying gamely, brave death, fight to the death.
Uru: He pai ake te mate ururoa i te mate wheke. Pare: E hika, he pai kē ake pea pēnā i kimihia he huarahi e ora tonu ai! (HJ 2012:144). / Uru: Dying bravely is better than giving in easily. Pare: Heavens, perhaps it's even better if a way is sought whereby you live!
oke
1. (verb) (-a) to be eager, struggle, writhe, strive, fight for, battle for, keep going.
Ka oke rā pea i konā a Matuku. Oke noa, hei aha i te taura e nanati rā i te korokoro (M 2006:342). / Matuku really struggled there. He struggled in vain but the rope tightened around his throat.
Koirā te pai o Winitana, ahakoa ngā whakahē a ngā tāngata whaimana tonu, ka oke tonu ia i tana oke (HKK 1999:36). / That's the good thing about Winstone, despite the criticisms of important people, he keeps on keeping on.
Synonyms: kia kaha
2. (noun) struggling, wriggling, writhing.
Ā, kua uru atu te upoko ki roto, ka tīmata te oke o Matuku (M 2006:342). / And then his head went into it and Matuku's writhing began.
2. (noun) beating one another, clash, fighting one another.
Ko te Kāwana, "Whakatūria kia kotahi te rangatira mō koutou, ko ia hei Kīngi, kia mutu ai tā koutou papatu." (H 1992:49). / The Governor said, "Establish one leader for everybody as a King so that your clashing with one another will cease.
2. (noun) battle, slaughter, massacre, calamity, battlefield.
Heoi, tētahi parekura kaitā te tīmatanga mai (HP 1991:6). / And so that was the beginning of a major battle.
Synonyms: whakapiko, whārona awatea, tārukenga, māra o te pakanga, pae o te pakanga, kauhanga riri, pae o te riri, nguha, matawhāura, kakaritanga, riringa, putakari, kakari, kawe a riri, riri, kekeritanga, pakanga, tatauranga
whewhei
1. (verb) to fight, quarrel.
Nā ngā mahi akiaki a te kāwanatanga me ngā iwi Pākehā e kimi whenua ana mō rātou, ka nui te hunga Māori kua aro kē ki te whewhei mō ō rātou whenua (TTR 1990:345). / Because of mounting pressure by the government and Pākehā people seeking land for themselves, many Māori were preparing to fight for their land.
Synonyms: ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, pākani, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe, tatau
2. (modifier) fighting, quarreling.
Ka haere a Nuka me tōna iwi ki te kōrero ki tērā iwi whewhei ki a rātou, ki a Ngāti Maru ki Pārāwai (TTR 1990:139). / Nuka and his people went to talk to that tribe they were quarreling with, to Ngāti Maru at Thames.
Synonyms: tautotohe
