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pukutohe

1. (stative) be persistent, obstinate, unrelenting, importunate.

Kātahi te kīngi ka kī, "E hoa mā, e ngā rangatira, e kore au e pukutohe, taku kotahi, ki a koutou katoa." (TWMNT 6/4/1875:75). / Then the king replied, " Gentlemen, I will not be so obstinate as to hold my opinion alone against you all."

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Synonyms: tohetohe, urupū, manawa rahi, pūnoke, taikaha, pūtohe, ngana, manawanui, hihiri, pikoni, pūkeke, aumangea, mōtohe, niwaniwa, pakepake, pukutohetohe


2. (modifier) persistent, obstinate, unrelenting.

Nāwai ā, ka hōhā haere ngā tāngata ki te mahi pukutohe tonu a Koromopahi (TWMNT 26/1/1875:18). / After a while people tired of the persistence of Columbus.

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Synonyms: kōioio, makiki, ngana, turi, tohetohe, kakī mārō, taringa pākura, whakaturi, hoi, kōroiroi, pūkeke, houkeke, upoko mārō, papamārō, hōkeke, whakatuturi, mōtohe, pake, taumārō, pukutohetohe, whātuturi, whakatohe, whakatete


3. (noun) obstinacy, persistence, tenacity, stubbornness, determination, intransigence.

Kua nui rawa tōna whakatakariri mō ōna mate i a koutou, arā mō te nui o ana tāngata i mate me te nui o ana moni i whakapaua i runga i te pukutohe me te kaha o ngā tāngata o Karahi ki te riri (TWMNT 6/4/1875:74). / He is mightily enraged for the problems you have caused him, that is for so many lives and so much money that it has cost him because of the obstinacy of the Calesians' defence.

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Synonyms: kōioio, tūkaha, tohe, pūkeke, ngana, totohe, pāuaua, mau tūmārō, pūtohe, urupū, pūnoke, tohetohe, whakapūmau

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