whakatara
1. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ngia) to challenge.
Te Wīwī rāua ko Tiamana: E kī ana ngā nūpepa o te 20 o Noema, 1883, e pōngurunguru ana ēnei rangatiranga e rua ki a rāua; e whakatara ana tētahi ki tētahi, nui atu te wene, te whakanehenehe (KO 15/1/1884:4). / The French and Germans: The newspapers of 20 November are saying that these two nations are at loggerheads; each is challenging the other and there is much resentment and quarrelling.
2. (verb) (-tia) to make a barb, serrate.
Ka tāreia kia iti, kia kotahi inihi me te koata pea te mātotoru o waenganui, ā kia toru koata inihi pea ngā pito, ka waruhia kia pai, kia maene, kia tika hoki, ā, kātahi ka mahia he tarakāniwha. Taua mea te tarakāniwha, he wheua, e waruhia ana kia koi tētehi pito, ka whakatara (kāniwha) anō tētehi taha, hei maunga mō te manu ina tū, ā ka werohia e te tangata (JPS 1895:134). / It's fashioned so that it's small, about one and a quarter inches thick in the middle and approximately three quarters of an inch near the ends, then scraped nicely to be quite smooth and straight, and then fitted with a barb. That is made of bone, one end of which is sharpened by scraping, and one side is serrated in order to hold the bird when a person spears it.
Synonyms: kāniwha
3. (modifier) offensive, insulting.
Tēnā tētahi pukapuka whakatara i tonoa mai e ō Waikato rangatira i tētahi rā ake nei (MM.TKM 1/9/1860:39). / Here is an insulting letter sent by the Waikato Chiefs a few days ago.
4. (modifier) provocative, challenging, confrontational, aggressive.
Ehara tēnei mahi i te mahi hou nā Rūhia, ki te kōhuru i ngā tima o te Ingarihi, me ērā atu mahi whakatara ana (TPH 9/11/1904:6). / This action by Russia is not new in actioning treacherously against the ships of England, and other provocative deeds.
Synonyms: whakapātaritari, whakatumatuma, whakatari, whakatene
5. (noun) challenge.
Koia nei te whakatara o te wā ki ō ēnei rā nei reanga (Kāretu 2010:12). / This is the challenge of today for today's generation.
