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kaikino

1. (verb) (-tia) to be extremely aggrieved.

Kei muri a Rua-pū-tahanga ka rongo he mea hari nā Whatihua i tētehi o ana mauri i hari mai ai i Taranaki mau mai ai te tuna rā. Kātahi ka kaikino rawa te pōuri i a Rua-pū-tahanga (NIT 1995:81). / Afterwards Rua-pū-tahanga heard that Whatihua had taken one of the talismans from Taranaki when he caught the eel. Then her anger quite consumed her (NIT 1995:80).

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2. (verb) (-tia) to fight viciously, put to death in cold blood, ill-treat.

Kīhai i roa iho ka kaikino rawa anō te patu, kino rawa atu i ngā whakaekenga o mua o taua whawhai nei (MM.TKM 30/6/1856:7). / It wasn't long before the vicious fighting was renewed with even more murderous intent.

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3. (modifier) bitter, vicious, spiteful, malicious.

Ko ngā rā ērā o ngā riri awatea, o ngā riri kaikino i roto o Heretaunga (M 2006:74). / Those were the days of daylight fighting, when bitter inter-tribal wars were being fought in Heretaunga (M 2006:77).

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Synonyms: kikokiko, tūtara, whakakino, hīkaka, whakakinokino, ngau tuarā


4. (noun) malevolence, spite, malice, vindictiveness, spitefulness, viciousness, ill-will.

Ko te kaikino, he hiahia tērā kia taka te kino ki ētahi (Ng 1993:267). / Malevolence is the wish that evil come to others.

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Synonyms: ngākaukino, hīanga, mauāhara

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