whakapātaritari
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to challenge, provoke, incite.
Nō te haerenga o ngā reo whakatau o ngā kuia ka puta ōna tore kai huruhuru me ā rātou taiaha ki konā pīkarikari ai, whakapātaritari ai i te tira whakaeke (HM 2/1994). / When the elderly ladies' welcome calls went out the young warriors with their taiaha came forward to prance about and to challenge the approaching party.
Synonyms: whakatari, māreherehe, kōpana, pātai, pītaritari, pātari, pītari, eneene, whakapātari, patapatai, mukākā, whakatatari, taunanawe, hītaritari, pākani, pātaritari, patou, pātaitai, whakakārangirangi, whakatenetene, whakatumatuma, whakahorohoro, whakariri
2. (modifier) provocative, challenging, confrontational, inflammatory.
He tangata tēnei kāhore i riro ōna whakaaro i runga i ngā kupu whakapātaritari a te tangata (TP 11/1912:10). / This was a man who was not influenced by a person's provocative statements.
Synonyms: whakatara, whakatumatuma, whakatari, whakatene
3. (noun) provocation, challenge.
Nō te pito o te tekau tau 1960 araara haere ake ngā tauā mautohe, ā, ko te mahi he whakapātaritari ki te tūmatanui (Te Ara 2014). / By the late 1960s the activists were rising and their task was challenging the public.
Synonyms: whakatumatuma, whakahorohoro, whakariri, pākani, whakapātari, whakataratara, tāwai
