whirikoka
1. (noun) strength.
I taua pakanga anō ki a Te Rauparaha i Te Kakara, i whai wāhi a Te Awa-i-taia i te patunga o Raparapa, he toa rongonui nō Ngāti Tama, mō te kaha o tōna whirikoka (TTR 1990:172). / In the same battle against Te Rauparaha at Te Kakara, Te Awa-i-taia was involved in the killing of Raparapa, of Ngāti Tama, who was famed for his great strength.