kākari
1. (verb) to wrestle, quarrel, battle (between two people).
Ka tū mai ngā tokorua mē ā rāua pouwhenua ka kākari, ka hinga a Te Wakaiti (TTR 1990:184). / The pair stood up with their pouwhenua and when they fought Te Wakaiti was defeated.
Synonyms: pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe
2. (modifier) quarrelling, bickering, squabbling.
He kupu nā Te Hīka ki tana wahine, he kupu kākari; he ngoungoua, arā he wahine wairangi (W 1971:235). / A word that Te Hīka used for his wife, a word used in a quarrel; an idiot, that is a crazy woman.
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
hoa kakari
1. (noun) opponent, adversary, enemy, foe, rival, antagonist.
Te Tāima o Nui Tīreni, e whakakore ana i te meatanga a te kāwanatanga i a Te Kirihi i ētahi take, ā kia tū hei tiati, ā, kia kore atu tō rātou hoa kakari (TW 12/2/1875:9). / The New Zealand Times denies that the Government offered Mr Gillies a judgeship from political motives, so as to get rid of a dangerous opponent.
Synonyms: kātata, tāwhai, tauwhāinga, kaitāwari, tautētete, hoa tautohe, hoariri, wheinga, whewheia
