2. (verb) to chirp, chatter, cackle - of birds.
Koekoe ai te tūī, ketekete ai te kākā. / The tūī chatters and the kākā cackles.
Synonyms: kotokoto
3. (verb) to be annoyed, disappointed, frustrated, astonished.
Kotahi ia te mea e ketekete nei mātou ko te iti o te witi e kawea mai ana (MM.TKM 30/6/1859:6). / But there is one thing that we are disappointed about and that is the small amount of wheat being brought here.
4. (noun) astonishment, amazement, consternation.
Ka kī koe i te haurangi, i te pōuri, i te kapu o te ketekete, o te whakangaromanga, i te kapu a tōu tuakana, a Hamaria (PT Ehekiera 23:33). / Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.
5. (noun) chattering - of the teeth from the cold.
Ko te ketekete o ngā niho tētahi tino tohu o te kōpiri, o te werohia e te mātao (HJ 2017:28). / The chattering of the teeth is an important sign of the effect of the piercing cold.
