kōhetehete
1. (verb) (-tia) to scold, whisper, murmur, quarrel, quibble.
Ka rongo te tiati i a māua e kōhetehete ana, kātahi ka mea mai kia haere mātau ki waho kōrerorero ai, ka tatū ā mātau kōrero ka hoki mai ki te aroaro o te kōti (HP 1991:319). / When the judge heard us quarrelling he told us all to go outside to talk and when we had settled it to return to the court.
Synonyms: whakangutungutu, whakamania, koeka, whāuraura, tamumu, tamūtamū, kōmuhumuhu, whetewhete, warawara, wara, tāwara, kotete, whakatanguru, kohete, kowhete, kōmuhu, kōkihi, warowaro, ngaehe, wawara, wawaro, kihi, ngāeheehe, kotekote, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe, taungaungau, pākani, ngangau, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī
