1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to chide, scold, reprimand, rebuke.
Nā tana matua ia i koeka mō tana whānako āporo i tana hokinga mai i te kura. / His father reprimanded him for stealing apples of his way home from school.
Synonyms: kohete, whakatūpehupehu, kowhete, kōwhetewhete, tātā, whakangutungutu, riri, whakamania, whāuraura, kōhetehete
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