pākani
1. (verb) to quarrel, argue, provoke.
E kore rawa te Kāwanatanga o tēnei whenua e pā, e whakanui i ngā Māori e whakahīhī ana ki ētahi hapū Māori, e kore anō hoki, e whakanui i te hapū Māori e pākani ana ki tētahi hapū (MM.TKM 31/5/1856:11). / The Government of this country will never support Māori who are contemptuous of other Māori sub-tribes and will never support a sub-tribe that provokes another sub-tribe.
Synonyms: kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, hītaritari, pātaritari, patou, pātaitai, whakakārangirangi, whakapātaritari, whakatenetene, whakatumatuma, whakahorohoro, whakariri, whakatari, māreherehe, kōpana, pātai, pītaritari, pātari, pītari, eneene, whakapātari, patapatai, mukākā, whakatatari, taunanawe
2. (modifier) quarrelsome, provoking, argumentative.
He iwi pākani te Airihi, arā hohoro ki te riri (TP 9/1912:4). / The Irish are a quarrelsome people, that is they are quick-tempered.
Synonyms: pakapaka, toheriri, tumatuma, pukungangare, nihoniho, kaikiri, ngaweri, kārangirangi
3. (noun) provocation.
Nō ngā rā o Pita ā mohoa nei, he pākani tonu tā Rūhia mahi ki ngā iwi tūtata ki a rātou (MM.TKM 1/6/1855:1). / Since the days of Peter, it has been the aim of Russia to provoke the neighbouring nations.
Synonyms: whakatumatuma, whakahorohoro, whakariri, whakapātari, whakataratara, tāwai, whakapātaritari
