tauwhāinga
1. (verb) (-tia) to compete, contend, vie.
Tērā pea, kia kore ai ia e tauwhāinga ki tōna matua kēkē, ka neke pērā ia ki Kaikohe (TTR 1996:93). / Possibly so that he would not compete with his uncle, he moved to Kaikohe.
See also tauwhāingatanga
2. (modifier) competing, rival, opposing.
Ka nohonoho te hunga tauwhāinga ki ō rātau nei pā (TTR 1990:382). / Each competing faction concentrated its forces in opposing pā.
Synonyms: tautētete, tāwari, ātete, whakakāhore, whakatete, mautohe, wheinga, kātata, tāwhai, hoa kakari
3. (noun) event (competitive), competition, quarrel.
I konei ka puta ake te noho tauwhāinga o Pōmare rāua ko Hongi. I te mea i whakapōraru peatia ia e tēnei taieritanga, te take i noho tautohe ai a Pōmare ki a Hongi (TTR 1990:115). / Here the quarrel between Pōmare and Hongi developed. Because he was humiliated by this defeat was the possible reason Pōmare argued with Hongi.
Synonyms: pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tautohe, taututetute, 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
