tautohe
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to contend, argue, persist, haggle, contest, quarrel.
I tautohe hoki a Tamatea mā ki tētahi tangata, ko Ruakerepeti te ingoa, kia riro i a rāua a Rangaunu (JPS 1924:223). / Tamatea and his companion had a dispute with a man, named Ruakerepeti, because they wished to own Rangaunu.
Synonyms: tautohetohe, tautotohe, hotahota, hohota, takakawe, whaiwhairoroa, tohetohe, tohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, taututetute, totohe
2. (modifier) of protest, protesting, contesting.
Kāre anō a Tūmate kia tau noa ki Te Ūpoko-o-te-Ika, ka tae atu tētehi reta tautohe ki te Pirimia a Tarapīpipi Taingākawa Tāmehana Te Waharoa, te kaiwhakawahi kīngi tuatoru (TTR 1998:95). / Tūmate had not yet arrived in Wellington when a letter of protest reached the prime minister. It was by Tarapīpipi Taingākawa Tāmehana Te Waharoa, the third kingmaker.
Synonyms: mautohe
3. (noun) dispute, quarrel, argument, disagreement.
I te tau 1848, i ngā tautohe whenua a Ngāti Whakaue rāua ko Tūhourangi, ka inoia e ia kia tau te rangimārie (TTR 1990:10). / In 1848 he pleaded for peace between Ngāti Whakaue and Tūhourangi over land disputes.
