taringa pākura
1. (modifier) stubborn, obstinate, inflexible, hard-nosed, intractable, obdurate.
He tangata taringa pākura te tangata nei (W 1971:256). / This man is a stubborn person.
Synonyms: kakī mārō, whakaioio, houkeke, upoko mārō, hōkeke, mōtohe, taumārō, whakaturi, tohetohe, turi, ngana, makiki, kōioio, whakatete, whakatohe, whātuturi, hoi, kōroiroi, pukutohe, pūkeke, papamārō, whakatuturi, pake, pukutohetohe
2. (noun) stubborn person.
Mēnā he tangata upoko mārō koe kua kīia koe he taringa pākura (Te Ara 2016). / If you are an obstinate person you are said to be a 'taringa pākura'.
