taute
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to tend, look after, nurture.
E tino mihi ana a roto i a au ki tēnei āhua, inā hoki e noho tonu ai tō tātou reo Māori ki te ao mārama nei, me mātua kauawhi, me mātua taute e tātou katoa (HM 2/1994:4). / Within myself I really compliment this aspect, because for our Māori language to survive in this world it must be embraced and nurtured by us all.
Synonyms: whāngai, ahu, tieki, penapena, poipoi, tūpore, tiaki, pena
2. (verb) to consider, ponder, think about, contemplate, deliberate about, reflect on.
Synonyms: huritao, whakaaroaro, hurihuri, whaiwhakaaro
3. (noun) quarrel, disturbance, fight, altercation, fracas, affray, skirmish, strife.
I muri iho i te mutunga o tā rātou taute i runga i tā rātou pā tahuri, ka tīkina e Rangitāne ka patua e rātou a Tama-i-waho ki Mangatarata (JPS 1906:63). / After the end of the fracas on their captured pā, Rangitāne killed Tama-i-waho at Mangatarata.
Synonyms: kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe, whewhei, pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri
