whakawehi
1. (verb) (-a) to terrify, frighten, horrify, intimidate, threaten, terrorise, scare.
Ko ngā āpiha a te Kāwanatanga e whakawehi ana i ngā tāngata kei Nēpia (TWMNT 7/11/1876:281). / The Government officers were intimidating people in Napier.
Synonyms: whakaataata, whakamataku, whakawehiwehi
2. (modifier) terrifying, frightening, threatening.
He reo whakawehi te hāmama raiona i te pō, me te ngengere o ngā wuruhi (KO 15/6/1883:19). / The roar of the lion at night and the growling of wolves are frightening sounds.
3. (noun) threat, dread, terror, fear.
I te whakapaunga o taua tau ka hauraro a Te Waru Tamatea. Kua mutu i nāianei te whakawehi a Te Kooti i te kāwanatanga (TTR 1990:384). / Late that year Te Waru Tamatea surrendered. Te Kooti had now ceased to be a threat to the government.
