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totohe

1. (verb) (tohea) to argue, quarrel, squabble, contend, contest.

I te tau 1844, ka totohe a Te Rangiuia kia rua utunga a Baker mō wētahi papa rākau (TTR 1990:293). / In 1844 Te Rangiuia insisted on Baker paying him twice for some timber.

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2. (noun) dispute, argument, quarrel.

I whakamatea rāua e Te Māhurehure o Waimā i tētahi totohe ā rātou (TTR 1990:116). / They were killed by the Te Māhurehure hapū of Waimā in a dispute.

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Synonyms: pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, 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


3. (noun) persistence.

Ko taku ritenga e hoatu ana mō tēnei kupu mō 'mahi', ko te mau tūmārō o te whakaaro ki te mahi, ko te mau tūmārō o te mahi me te totohe ki te mahi (TTT 1/2/1925:179). / The definition that I provide for this word 'work' is perseverance in attitude to work, determination in work and persistence in doing the task.

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Synonyms: urupū, pūnoke, pūtohe, mau tūmārō, pāuaua, tohe, ngana, pukutohe, pūkeke, whakapūmau, tohetohe

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