houkeke
1. (verb) to be obstinate, stubborn, perverse, intractable, inflexible, headstrong, obdurate, pig-headed.
Ka nui te houkeke o te whanokē rā, e kore e rongo (W 1971:63). / That excentric is extremely obstinate and will not listen.
Synonyms: taringa pākura, kakī mārō, whakaioio, upoko mārō, hōkeke, mōtohe, taumārō, kōrori, parori, korokē, ngana, makiki, kōioio, whakatete, whakatohe, whātuturi, hoi, kōroiroi, pukutohe, pūkeke, papamārō, whakatuturi, pake, pukutohetohe, whakaturi, tohetohe, turi
