komekome
1. (verb) to bicker, squabble, complain, disagree, find fault, gripe, grumble, moan, bellyache.
Engari anō tēnā i te noho noa iho i konā komekome ai! (HM 4/2009:3) / But they won't do that but just sit back and bellyache!
Synonyms: kōnanunanu, kūnanunanu, tarawene, hanguru, whakatautau, aurere
2. (adjective) be crabby, complaining.
Ko te mate kē e noho mai ana a Ngāi Reo Kore mā he komekome, he whakakuene noa iho te mahi e pahure ana he kore hoki i taea nō ngā kōrero a Ngāi Whai Reo mā te whai (Kāretu 2016) / The problem is that those who have no language sit there complaining because they are not able to follow those who have the language.
3. (noun) backbiting gossip, disparagement, scandalmongering, slander, complaint.
Ka tukuna ki a Te Tipa i Rānana, me ōna komekome i roto, mō te iwikoretanga o ngā Kāwana o Niu Tīreni o nāianei tonu, me o nanahi (TTR 1990:27). / It was sent to Walter Mantell in London, complaining in it of their neglect by the past and present governors of New Zealand.
Synonyms: ngau tuarā
