kaikiri
1. (verb) (-tia) to be hostile, antagonistic, belligerent, racist, contrary, quarrelsome, opposed.
I te āhua nei he raiti whakaatu tēnei ki ngā waka rererangi Tiamana nā ngā Ārapi e kaikiri nei ki ngā Ingarihi (TTR 2000:160). / It would seem it was a signal to German aircraft by Arabs hostile to the English.
Synonyms: whakatoihara, pākani, toheriri, tumatuma, pukungangare, nihoniho, ngaweri, pakapaka
2. (noun) hostility, antagonism, rivalry, opposition, racism.
Nōna e taiohinga ana he kaikiri nō Waikato, i haere ai a Te Murunga ki Taranaki (TTR 1998:7). / On reaching adolescence, because of hostilities in Waikato, Te Murunga went to Taranaki.
Synonyms: tauwhāingatanga, whakatakētanga, aukati iwi, whakatoihara, hoariri, wheinga, tautētete, whewheia, whakahē
