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whakanehenehe

1. (verb) to quarrel, squabble, clash, row.

Nō reira hoki, tēnei whakataukī a Waikato, e ka whakanehenehe a Ngāti Whakaue ki a ia (JPS 1990:167). / So, therefore, too, there is this whakataukī of Waikato if and when Ngāti Whakaue is quarrelling with them [Waikato].

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2. (noun) quarrel, squabble, clash, row, quarrelling, squabbling.

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.

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Synonyms: tararau, kapa, hoe, ripa, tūtira, rārangi, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, pākani, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe, taute, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga

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