urupū
1. (adjective) be diligent, persevering, persistent, assiduous, conscientious.
Kātahi ka ngana ki te whakauru atu i aua mea nei ki te taha o ā rātau tikanga o nehe; he urupū nō rātau ki ō rātau ture, i ētahi wā nei tautohetohe ai rātau ko ngā mihingare (TTR 1994:57). / Then they tried to integrate those things with traditional customs, and their adherence to their laws sometimes caused conflict between them and the missionaries.
Synonyms: pūnoke, pāuaua, whakatohe, manawa rahi, taikaha, pūtohe, ngana, manawanui, hihiri, pikoni, pukutohe, pūkeke, aumangea, mōtohe, niwaniwa, pakepake, pukutohetohe, tohetohe
2. (modifier) diligent, persevering, persistent, assiduous, conscientious.
Heoi anō koutou o Ngā Puhi-nui-tonu, te whānau urupū ki te whakarite i tā tātou hui-ā-tau, aroha mai ki a mātou o tēnei moka o te whenua, e pōrearea haere nei (HM 2/1992:3). / However you of the whole of Ngā Puhi, the diligent extended family in arranging our annual gathering, be kind to us of this end of the country who are being bothersome.
3. (noun) diligence, perseverance, persistence, tenacity.
Me uaua i ēnei wā e kitea ai tētahi hunga pēnei i tēnei te urupū ki te mahi ā tō noa te rā. Aoake, i pērā anō (HM 4/1993:8). / It would be difficult these days to find a group as diligent as this right until the sun had set. Next day they were the same again.
Synonyms: pūnoke, mau tūmārō, pāuaua, tohe, ngana, manawanui, whakapau kaha, hiringa, tohetohe, pūtohe, totohe, pukutohe, pūkeke, whakapūmau
