makiki
1. (stative) be stiff, standing straight.
He tangata tāroaroa, makiki te tū, itiiti nei ana pāhau; i tāia ki te moko rerepehi ki ngā pāpāringa, ki te moko kauae, ki te moko pōngiangia ki ngā pongāihu (TTR 1990:75). / He was a tall, upright man with a short beard; tattooed around the mouth and on his cheeks and chin, and on his nostrils.
2. (stative) be obstinate, stubborn, pigheaded, stern.
He makiki ngā whakaaro o taua wahine rā, me te aha, poua ana e ia te āhua o te whare riko kore ki roto i a Hana (TTR 1996:162). / She was an obstinate woman, imbuing Hannah with high standards of housekeeping.
Synonyms: whakaturi, taringa pākura, kakī mārō, tohetohe, turi, ngana, kōioio, whakatete, whakatohe, whātuturi, hoi, kōroiroi, pukutohe, pūkeke, houkeke, upoko mārō, papamārō, hōkeke, whakatuturi, mōtohe, pake, taumārō, pukutohetohe
