kohete
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to scold, quarrel, tell off, reprimand, rebuke, admonish, tick off.
Kātahi ka kohete i a au, 'He aha koe i pōrangi ai ki te peke ki runga i te rore?' (HP 1991:23) / Then she reprimanded me, 'Why were you so stupid to jump into the lorry?'
See also kowhete
Synonyms: koeka, tātā, whakatūpehupehu, whāuraura, whakamania, whakangutungutu, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tautohetohe, pākani, ngangau, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho
2. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) whisper, murmur.
See also kowhete
Synonyms: ngaehe, wawara, wawaro, whakatanguru, ngāeheehe, kotekote, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, tamumu, tamūtamū, kōmuhumuhu, whetewhete, warawara, wara, kōmuhu, kowhete, kihi, kotete, warowaro, tāwara, kōkihi
