wāwau
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to quarrel, wrangle, argue, squabble, bicker, dispute, discuss.
Ki te mārie mai ka hohoro te tau o ngā mahara ki raro mō te mahi a te iwi Pākehā wāwau mai nei ki ō tātou whenua (TP 10/1906:4). / If we are lucky our concerns will be alleviated about the many Pākehā wrangling over our lands.
Synonyms: pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe
2. (noun) sound, noise.
