2. (modifier) abusive.
I tētehi o ngā hui, ka whakawhiua rāua ki te haka ngutu momoho, me te mutunga mai o te whakamanioro i te tangata, arā, ka whakapohane mai ngā wāhine ki a rāua (TTR 1996:214). / At one of the gatherings they were subjected to abusive haka, and the ultimate gesture of contempt, that is the women did the whakapohane to them.
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