whakangutungutu
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to grumble at, scold.
Mehemea he mea kia akona e koe, he haere rānei kia haerengia, he mahi rānei kia mahia, aua e whakangutungutu, engari mahia kia taea te mutunga (KO 16/3/1885:8). / If there's something you should learn, a journey to be undertaken, or a task to be done, do not grumble but do it so that it is completed.
Synonyms: kohete, riri, whakamania, kowhete, koeka, kōwhetewhete, whāuraura, kōhetehete
2. (verb) to be stubborn.
3. (noun) complaint, grumble.
Nā Pāora Tūhaere i kukume mai a Tāwhiao ki te taha Pākehā, i kitekitea ai, ki Ākarana, ki hea, ki hea; i mutu ai ngā whakangutungutu (KO 15/12/1884:2). / It was Pāora Tūhaere who drew Tāwhiao into the Pākehā world and he was seen in Auckland and other places, and the complaints ended.
