kotokoto
1. (verb) to squeak, cackle, make an inarticulate sound.
Nō te wā i pakeke ake ai aua pī rakiraki, ka kite i te awa, i te repo rānei, haere atu ana aua pī ki te hōhonutanga o te wai mānu haere ai ka mahue iho te kātua heihei nei ki uta kotokoto ai ki ana pī kia hui mai ki raro i ana parirau, ā, kore kau noa iho (TP 4/1904:3). / At the time when those ducklings grow up, when they see a stream, or a swamp, those ducklings go off to the deep water and float about leaving the hen on the shore clucking for her chicks to gather under her wings, but none do.
2. (verb) to sob, weep, howl, bawl.
He tini ngā tamariki o Īharaira i Hiruhārama, i tangi kotokoto mō tō rātou temepara - mō te whare i noho ai rātou ki te whakamoemiti, ki te whakaaroha ki te Atua (TP 8/1906:3). / Many were the children of Israel, weeping for their temple - for the building where they praised and showed their love of God.
