kowhete
1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to scold, admonish, reprimand, reproach, tell off.
Kāhore e tika kia haere ia ki reira, ā, e mōhio ana koe kāhore i te tika, nā reira koe ka tohe, ka kowhete kia kaua ia e haere (TP 10/1905:5). / It's not right that he go there and you know it's not right, so you argue and admonish him not to go.
See also kōwhetewhete
Synonyms: kohete, whakatūpehupehu, tātā, kōwhetewhete, koeka
2. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to whisper, murmur, quarrel.
See also kōwhetewhete
Synonyms: koeka, whakamania, whakangutungutu, whāuraura, wawaro, whakatanguru, ngāeheehe, kotekote, kōhetehete, warowaro, tamumu, tamūtamū, kōmuhumuhu, whetewhete, warawara, wara, kōwhetewhete, tāwara, kotete, kihi, kohete, kōmuhu, kōkihi, ngaehe, wawara, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe, kairiri, totohe, taututetute, tautohe, tauwhāinga, riri, tarahae, ngangau, pākani
