ngangare
1. (verb) to quarrel, dispute.
Nō reira hoki, tēnei whakataukī a Waikato, e ka whakanehenehe a Ngāti Whakaue ki a ia, i a rāua e ngangare nei i te kurunga kōwhatu o ngā roi a Te Kuīni nei 'Tā te mano pai hoki o Waikato, te pōkai iho ai te iwi ririki, te iwi tūtūā.' (JPS 1990:167). / So, therefore, too, there is this whakataukī of Waikato if and when Ngāti Whakaue is quarrelling with him [Waikato], while those two are pounding the Queen's fernroot with a stone pounder 'The large numbers of Waikato embrace small and low-born tribes.'
Synonyms: pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe
2. (modifier) quarrelling.
I tēnā mahi, i te tūtū, ka tango mai hoki koe ki a au he hoa ngangare (JPS 1990:25). / In that activity of warfare, you will consider me as an enemy.
3. (noun) quarrel, dispute, controversy, argument, quarrelling.
Nā ētahi whakapiringa ōna o muri mai, ka ara ake te ngangare i waenganui i tana apataki (TTR 1996:155). / Because of some other associations he had, controversy arose among his followers.
