riri taumātakitahi
1. (noun) single combat.
He riri taumātakitahi rāua ko tētehi tangata; he taiaha tā tētahi, he kurutai tā tētahi (W 1971:400). / He and another man fought in single combat; one had a taiaha and the other had a kurutai (a weapon made of hard dark-coloured stone).
Synonyms: taumātakitahi