taukaikai
1. (verb) to quarrel, squabble, disagree.
Ko tētehi kōrero anō hei tino tautoko i te hāngaitanga o te karangatanga o Ngāti Ruanui kei te karakia a Uenuku. Ko ia te tohunga i taukaikai ai a Turi, ka wehe mai rātou i tō rātou kāinga ki Pātea, kei matemate rātou i a Uenuku (B 1979:80). / Another narrative to strongly support the relevance of Ngāti Ruanui's relationship is Uenuku's karakia. He was the tohunga that Turi quarrelled with so they left their home at Pātea in case they were killed by Uenuku.
Synonyms: pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe
