whakatumatuma
1. (verb) (-tia) to act defiantly, defy, provoke, be outspoken.
Ka noho ki te haka, ki te whakatū waewae, ka whakatumatuma ake ki tā rātou tangata (TWK 3:15). / They set about performing posture dances and haka with weapons and acting defiantly up at their man.
Synonyms: whakatari, māreherehe, kōpana, pātai, pītaritari, pātari, pītari, eneene, whakapātari, patapatai, mukākā, whakatatari, taunanawe, hītaritari, pākani, pātaritari, patou, pātaitai, whakakārangirangi, whakapātaritari, whakatenetene, whakahorohoro, whakariri
2. (modifier) abrupt, forthright, outspoken, blunt, confronting, defiant, provocative.
He wahine whakatumatuma, kōrero hāngai tonu tana kōrero (TTR 2000:30). / She was a woman who was forthright and outspoken.
Synonyms: whakatara, whakapātaritari, whakatari, whakatene
3. (noun) provocation, incitement, aggravation, defiance.
Kāhore rawa a Pōmare i rata atu ki ngā whakatumatuma mai a te Pākehā ki a ia (TTR 1990:117). / Pōmare did not tolerate the provocations of the Pākehā against him.
Synonyms: whakapātaritari, whakahorohoro, whakariri, pākani, whakapātari, whakataratara, tāwai
