whakatatari
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to provoke, incite, stir up.
Ko te kōrero a Te Mākarini o nanahi i mea nā ia kāhore o te Kāwana hiahia ki te pakanga, otirā nā te tāngata Māori i whakatatari te pakanga ki a ia (MM.TKM 3/8/1860:26). / In Mr McLean's speech yesterday, he said that the Governor had no desire for war, but that the Māori provoked him into it.
Synonyms: hītaritari, pākani, pātaritari, patou, pātaitai, whakakārangirangi, whakapātaritari, whakatenetene, whakatumatuma, whakahorohoro, whakariri, whakatari, māreherehe, kōpana, pātai, pītaritari, pātari, pītari, eneene, whakapātari, patapatai, mukākā, taunanawe
