whakaioio
1. (modifier) intransigent, inflexible, obdurate, unyielding, intractable, unbending.
Nā tēnei whakatūranga i a ia i hora whānui ai te whakaaro koinei te mutunga o te noho wehe a Waikato ko rātou anake, me te mutunga o tā rātou noho whakaioio (TTR 1996:87). / Because of his appointment it was widely thought that this was the end of Waikato Māori isolation and intransigence.
Synonyms: taringa pākura, kakī mārō, houkeke, upoko mārō, hōkeke, mōtohe, taumārō
2. (noun) intransigence, firmness, obduracy, inflexibility, rigidity.
Synonyms: tohe
