taumārō
1. (verb) to be obstinate, stubborn, unyielding, intransigent, unbending, obdurate, adamant.
Ko ia rawa te tangata i tino taumārō kia kore rawa atu tēnā hanga te rori e mahia ki tana kāinga (TWMNT 8/1/1873:2). / He was the person who was adamant that the road should not be constructed at his home.
Synonyms: taringa pākura, kakī mārō, whakaioio, houkeke, upoko mārō, hōkeke, mōtohe
2. (modifier) obstinate, stubborn, unyielding, intransigent, unbending, obdurate.
Mā tēnei ara e kore e wheau te hē ai ia, te mate ai tōna whakaaro taumārō, tō taua Kīngi (TWMNT 19/4/1879:399). / Through this process his obstinacy would soon have to yield to his need, to that of the King.
