kākari
1. (verb) to wrestle, quarrel, battle (between two people).
Ka tū mai ngā tokorua mē ā rāua pouwhenua ka kākari, ka hinga a Te Wakaiti (TTR 1990:184). / The pair stood up with their pouwhenua and when they fought Te Wakaiti was defeated.
Synonyms: pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe
2. (modifier) quarrelling, bickering, squabbling.
He kupu nā Te Hīka ki tana wahine, he kupu kākari; he ngoungoua, arā he wahine wairangi (W 1971:235). / A word that Te Hīka used for his wife, a word used in a quarrel; an idiot, that is a crazy woman.
