whakamoe kokoti
1. (noun) ambush, ambuscade.
I te ata ka haere te ope a Ngāti Kahungunu, ka whakanohoia te whakamoe kokoti; ka haere atu a Ngāti Huri ki roto i ngā whakamoe kokoti, ka patua e Ngāti Kahungunu (W 1971:204). / In the morning Ngāti Kahungunu's party departed and set an ambush; Ngāti Huri went into the ambush and were defeated by Ngāti Kahungunu.
See also kokoti