2. (stative) be deaf, obstinate, stubborn.
Ka ngare te tangata nei i tana tamāhine kia haere ki runga ki te waka kia riro ki Aotea, ngare noa, kīhai hoki i rongo, ka hoi a Te Kahu-rere-moa (NM 1928:120). / This man urged his daughter to go on the canoe to be taken to Aotea, but despite his persistence she did listen, Te Kahu-rere-moa refused to go.
Synonyms: whakaturi, taringa pākura, kakī mārō, tohetohe, turi, ngana, makiki, kōioio, whakatete, whakatohe, whātuturi, kōroiroi, pukutohe, pūkeke, houkeke, upoko mārō, papamārō, hōkeke, whakatuturi, mōtohe, pake, taumārō, pukutohetohe
3. (modifier) deaf, obstinate, stubborn.
Me pēnei nā e koe he kupu māu, “Kei whea rā te pononga hoi nei? Tukua atu au ki te kimi i a ia, ā tae te whakatuturi o te taurekareka nei, kia pēnei rawa ake te angaanga, wāhia ana i konā.” (TAH 44:38). / You should say this, “Where is that deaf slave? I will go and look for him and when I reach that disobedient slave I will crack his skull”.
4. (noun) ear lobe.
Iti noa te tapa i auahangia ki Aotearoa nei – ka kite ngā Pākehā i Pēwhairangi e mau ana hei hoi taringa (Te Ara 2015). / Only small amounts of tapa cloth were made in New Zealand – Pākehā saw it in the Bay of Islands being worn earlobe adornment.
5. (noun) fullness - of a cloak to make it fit over the shoulders.
