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taututetute

1. (verb) to jostle one another, push one another.

Ngana tonu ngā hāriata i ngā ara, taututetute ana ki a rātou anō i ngā waharoa (PT Nahumu 2:4). / The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways.

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2. (noun) conflict, quarrel, dispute.

Nā Te Rangiāpitirua ka puta ko te hapū o Te Whiti‑o-Rongomai mā, ko Ngāti Te Whiti; i tipu ake i ngā taututetute o te wā (TTR 1994:171). / Te Rangiāpitirua founded the hapū of Te Whiti-o-Rongomai and others, Ngāti Te Whiti, out of the strategic conflicts of the time.

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Synonyms: pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe

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