kohete - scold, reprimand, rebuke
kohete - scold, tell off
Kohete = kowhete.
Williams Dictionary
I mahi poka noa au ki te keri i te whenua, ka kohete mai ia, 'E tama e! Me taki karakia i te tuatahi'.I heedlessly started digging and she growled at me, 'Boy! You should do karakia first!'Simple sentences: past tense - i
I kohete a Māmā i a mātou.Mum told us off.
Kei te kohete te kuia i ngā tamariki.The old woman is telling the children off.
