2. (modifier) deaf, stubborn, inattentive.
Ehara kē hoki i te mea kāore e puta i a rātou ō rātou whakaaro ki te reo Māori, ehara, engari he momo kakī mārō, taringa mārō. E tino pōhēhē ana mā te kōrero Pākehā ka ora ko te reo Māori (HM 3/1998:5). / And it's not as if they can't express their thoughts in Māori, they can, but it's a type of obstinacy, of stubbornness. They really think that the Māori language will survive by speaking English.
3. (noun) deaf person, deaf ears, stubborn person.
E kore ia e neke i ērā whakaaro ōna. He taringa mārō hoki (HJ 2012:12). / She will never change her opinion. She's so stubborn.
