2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to refuse, object.
E āhei ana te Kaitieki Māori ki te whakatoitoi ki te hoko i ētahi pānga whenua (TAH 4:57). / The Māori Trustee is able to refuse to purchase any interests.
Synonyms: whakahoe, whakapeka, whakanau, hawa, huru, ota, whakapekapeka, tarawene, mea, ahanoa, rawa, taonga, takunetanga, whakakāhore, tohetohe, tohe, kapurangi, kape, para
3. (modifier) denying, rejecting, flouting, refuting.
He nui ngā tāngata whakatoitoi kua whakatahuritia i runga i tana kauwhau (TTT 1/6/1923:5). / There are many deniers who have been converted by his sermons.
4. (noun) refusal, objection, rejection.
E ono ngā Māori o Waikato kua mou ki roto ki te herehere i Akarana mō tō rātou whakatoitoi ki te kākahu i ngā kākahu hōia o te Kīngi (TKO 12/9/1918:12). / There are six Māori from Waikato who have been held in prison in Auckland for their refusal to put on the military uniforms of the King.
Synonyms: whakapeka, whakakorenga, whakarere, parahako, ākiri, whakahoe, tarawene, tohe, nawe, mautohe, whakaepaepa, kupu whakahē
