whakatari
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to provoke, incite, stir up.
Ko tā ētahi anō he werowero, he whakatari i te hunga whakatairanga i te reo Māori (HM 1/1993). / Others are to challenge and stir up the people promoting the Māori language.
Synonyms: hītaritari, pākani, pātaritari, patou, pātaitai, whakakārangirangi, whakapātaritari, whakatenetene, whakatumatuma, whakahorohoro, whakariri, māreherehe, kōpana, pātai, pītaritari, pātari, pītari, eneene, whakapātari, patapatai, mukākā, whakatatari, taunanawe
2. (modifier) provocative, confrontational.
He iwi tutū nui a Ngāti Raukawa ki Waikato, hei iwi whakatari pakanga (JPS 1941:116). / Ngāti Raukawa was a tribe in continual turmoil with Waikato, a people who provoked warfare.
Synonyms: whakapātaritari, whakatumatuma, whakatene, whakatara
