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tautohe

1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to contend, argue, persist, haggle, contest, quarrel.

I tautohe hoki a Tamatea mā ki tētahi tangata, ko Ruakerepeti te ingoa, kia riro i a rāua a Rangaunu (JPS 1924:223). / Tamatea and his companion had a dispute with a man, named Ruakerepeti, because they wished to own Rangaunu.

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Synonyms: tautohetohe, tautotohe, hotahota, hohota, takakawe, whaiwhairoroa, tohetohe, tohe, 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, pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, taututetute, totohe


2. (modifier) of protest, protesting, contesting.

Kāre anō a Tūmate kia tau noa ki Te Ūpoko-o-te-Ika, ka tae atu tētehi reta tautohe ki te Pirimia a Tarapīpipi Taingākawa Tāmehana Te Waharoa, te kaiwhakawahi kīngi tuatoru (TTR 1998:95). / Tūmate had not yet arrived in Wellington when a letter of protest reached the prime minister. It was by Tarapīpipi Taingākawa Tāmehana Te Waharoa, the third kingmaker.

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Synonyms: mautohe


3. (noun) dispute, quarrel, argument, disagreement.

I te tau 1848, i ngā tautohe whenua a Ngāti Whakaue rāua ko Tūhourangi, ka inoia e ia kia tau te rangimārie (TTR 1990:10). / In 1848 he pleaded for peace between Ngāti Whakaue and Tūhourangi over land disputes.

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porotēhi

1. (loan) (verb) to protest, speak out against, demonstrate.


2. (loan) (noun) protest, demonstration.

tohe

1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to argue, persist, insist, contend with, press for, persevere, refuse, object, protest, try, dispute.

Otirā i turi te nuinga ki tana kupu, nō reira ka tīkina e ia tana pū hurihuri, ka mea, mehemea ka tohe rātou ka pūhia e ia, turi tonu tētahi o ngā tāngata, pūhia ana e ia ka tū ki te hūwhā (TWMNT 14/5/1873:53). / But the majority were deaf to his statement, and so he went and got his revolver and said that if they persisted he would shoot them and one of the men still would not listen, so he shot him, wounding him in the thigh.

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Synonyms: hohota, kupu whakahē, porotēhi, mautohe, porotēhe, takakawe, hotahota, tautotohe, tautohe, tautohetohe, whaiwhairoroa, whakapekapeka, kapurangi, kape, para, whakahoe, whakapeka, whakanau, hawa, huru, ota, takunetanga, whakatoitoi, whakakāhore, taonga, rawa, tohetohe, tarawene, mea, ahanoa


2. (noun) persistence, obstinacy, stubbornness, obduracy.

Kua pukuriri a Te Rangihaeata i te pūtohe o te iwi nei, ka kī ia, he taringa kurī kē pea ō Te Kāeaea i kaha ai te tohe mai (TTR 1990:266). / Te Rangihaeata became angry at the persistence of that tribe and he said that Te Kāeaea must have dog's ears, since he was so obdurate.

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Synonyms: whakaioio, kōioio, tūkaha, pukutohe


3. (noun) perseverance, insistence, argument, persistence, contention, objection.

Ka tuaruatia anō e ia tana tohe kia maha atu ngā mema Māori i te Pāremata (TTR 1994:122). / He also repeated his argument that the number of Māori members in Parliament should be increased.

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Synonyms: kupu whakahē, tarawene, nawe, mautohe, whakatoitoi, whakaepaepa, hiringa, tohetohe, mau tūmārō, pūnoke, urupū, pāuaua, ngana, manawanui, whakapau kaha, pūtohe, totohe, pukutohe, pūkeke, whakapūmau


4. (noun) 'tonsils' in the mouth of a pūkāea.

tohetohe

1. (verb) (-a) to argue, persist, contend with, press for, persevere, refuse, object, protest.

Ka ikapahi mai ngā kaiako ki tō mātou marae whakawhiti whakaaro ai, tohetohe ai, whiriwhiri tahi ai, whakatau anō ai hoki i ngā take e pā ana ki tō tātau reo. / The teachers came together at our marae to exchange ideas, to argue, to discuss together and to make decisions about matters concerning our language.

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Synonyms: whaiwhairoroa, hohota, whakakāhore, mea, tarawene, tohe, rawa, taonga, whakatoitoi, ahanoa, takunetanga, porotēhe, mautohe, porotēhi, kupu whakahē, tautohetohe, tautotohe, takakawe, hotahota, tautohe, kapurangi, kape, para, whakahoe, whakapeka, whakanau, hawa, huru, ota, whakapekapeka


2. (modifier) persistent, obstinate, stubborn.

Nō te hanepītanga o tēnei mahi tohetohe ka whakamātauria mā te ture Pākehā me ana tikanga tōrangapū e whakatikatika (TTR 1990:113). / When this protest activity failed there was an attempt to achieve justice within the Pākehā judicial and political framework.

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Synonyms: papamārō, pukutohetohe, taumārō, pake, mōtohe, whakatuturi, hōkeke, whakaturi, taringa pākura, kakī mārō, turi, ngana, makiki, kōioio, whakatete, whakatohe, whātuturi, hoi, kōroiroi, pukutohe, pūkeke, houkeke, upoko mārō, pūtohe, taikaha, manawanui, hihiri, pikoni, aumangea, niwaniwa, pakepake, urupū, manawa rahi, pūnoke


3. (noun) perseverance, insistence, argument, persistence, contention.

Nā tāna tohetohe mā te pakanga rā anō e parekura te riri, ka riro i a ia te tūranga kaiārahi i ngā kūpapa o reira (TTR 1990:17). / His argument was that there should be a military resolution and he gained the leadership of the pro-government Māori there.

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Synonyms: whakapau kaha, urupū, pūnoke, mau tūmārō, pāuaua, tohe, ngana, manawanui, hiringa, whakapūmau, pūkeke, pukutohe, totohe, pūtohe


4. (noun) uvula.

Tētahi tohu o te tīmatanga kohi, ko te mā o te pito whakamuri o runga o te waha, o te tohetohe (TTT 1/8/1929:1053). / One of the symptoms of the onset of tuberculosis is white on the back part of the top of the mouth, of the uvula.

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5. (noun) 'tonsils' in the mouth of a pūkāea.


6. (noun) reed.

Ka puta ōna oro i te pupuhi hau ki te tapa o tētahi puare, hei whakatōiri rānei i tētahi tohetohe (RTP 2015:77). / Its sound comes from blowing air on the edge of a hole, or by causing a reed to vibrate.

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porotēhe

1. (loan) (verb) to protest, speak out against, demonstrate.


2. (loan) (noun) protest, demonstration.

mautohe

1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to oppose persistently, protest, take a stand against, take issue with, continually oppose.

I mautohetia ngā whenua i Pari-ā-rua me Te Awakairangi (TTR 1990:302). / The land at Porirua and the Hutt Valley was continually disputed.

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Synonyms: tohetohe, kupu whakahē, porotēhi, porotēhe, tohe


2. (modifier) protesting, opposing.

Kei roto te hanga tautoko e pakipaki ana, e umere ana, kei waho te hanga mautohe e kaioraora ana (PK 2008:73). / The supporters were inside clapping and applauding, while outside the protestors were acting menacingly.

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Synonyms: tautohe, whakatete, whakakāhore, ātete, tāwari, tauwhāinga, tautētete


3. (noun) protest, objection, disapproval, complaint.

He kaha te mautohe a Te Mete ki te tāke kurī i utaina e ngā kaunihera ā-rohe i te tekau tau atu i 1890 (TTR 1994:95). / Te Mete was strongly opposed to the dog tax imposed by county councils in the 1890s.

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Synonyms: tarawene, tohe, nawe, whakatoitoi, whakaepaepa, kupu whakahē

Porotehana

1. (loan) (modifier) Protestant.

He uri kē ia nō ētehi kaiheke Porotehana nō Ingarangi ki Airana (TTR 1996:9). / He was actually a descendant from Protestant migrants from England to Ireland.

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2. (loan) (noun) Protestant.

hāhi tūrangahapa

1. (noun) Protestant Church.

Ko te āhua piri o Te Atua Wera ki te Kāhi Katorika e rite ana te kaha ki tana whakaparahako i ngā hāhi tūrangahapa (TTR 1990:100). / Te Atua Wera's somewhat close association with the Catholic Church was in keeping with the strength of his disdain of the Protestant (secessional) Churches.

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kupu whakahē

1. (noun) objection, protest, criticism.

Ko ngā kupu whakahē mō ētahi o tātou, he mahi whakamamae, whakawehewehe hoki i a tātou (TTT 1/5/1922:15). / Criticisms about some of us are hurtful and divide us.

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Synonyms: porotēhe, porotēhi, tohetohe, mautohe, tarawene, whakaepaepa, whakatoitoi, tohe, nawe

hanga mautohe

1. protestors, demonstrators, group of people who oppose something persistently.

Kei roto te hanga tautoko e pakipaki ana, e umere ana, kei waho te hanga mautohe e kaioraora ana (PK 2008:73). / The supporters were inside clapping and applauding, while outside the protestors were acting menacingly.

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Synonyms: hunga mautohe

Iriiri

1. (noun) Baptist - a member of a Protestant Christian denomination advocating baptism only of adult believers by total immersion.

Ka nehu tūpāpaku au, ka hoatu e au he wāhanga karakia ki ngā hāhi kei reira, ahakoa ko ngā hāhi kua whakahuatia ake nei e au, ahakoa he Katorika, he Rātana, he Ringatū, he Mōmona, he Iriiri, he Tuakana he Tainatanga, he Petekoha (HP 1991:39). / When I buried the dead I gave parts of the service to the denominations present, no matter whether they were the denominations mentioned above, or Catholic, Rātana, Ringatū, Mormon, Baptist, Brethren, or Pentecostal.

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Synonyms: Papita

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