pukuriri
1. (verb) to be angry, cross, hostile, furious, fuming, livid, irate, incensed, outraged, infuriated.
Ka pukuriri ia ki a mātau, ka patua mātau e ia ki tōna pōtae harakeke (HP 1991:24). / When he was angry with us he would hit us with his flax hat.
Synonyms: takariri, riri, whakatakariri, wheke, tūpehupehu, kua puhipuhi te tero o Tāwhiri
2. (modifier) angry, irate, livid.
I kai ai i ō mātou hoariri, hei ngaki i te mauāhara a te ngākau pukuriri, ehara i te mate kai i kainga ai te tangata, engari he kai i te hoariri, kia ngata ai te ngākau kino ki a ia (JPS 1896:4). / We ate our enemies to satisfy the hatred of the angry heart, not through hunger after man's flesh, but enemies were eaten to assuage the bitter feelings towards them.
Synonyms: wheke, kua puhipuhi te tero o Tāwhiri
3. (noun) anger, wrath, hostility, enmity.
Ka tīmata te pupuhi ko te matenga tonutanga tēnei o te Rūhia, i te ohorere o te kōkiri a Toko, i te kaha, i te pukuriri, kua pōrahurahu noa iho te Rūhia (TP 6/1905:6). / When the bombardment began this was the downfall of the Russians and because of the suddenness, strength and ferociousness of Togo's attack, the Russians were quite confounded.
