turi
1. (verb) to be deaf, obstinate.
Otirā i turi te nuinga ki tana kupu, nō reira ka tīkina e ia tana pū hurihuri, ka mea, mehemea ka tohe rātou ka pūhia e ia, turi tonu tētahi o ngā tāngata, pūhia ana e ia ka tū ki te hūwhā (TWMNT 14/5/1873:53). / But the majority were deaf to his statement, and so he went and got his revolver and said that if they persisted he would shoot them and one of the men still would not listen so he shot him wounding him in the thigh.
Synonyms: taringa pākura, kakī mārō, tohetohe, ngana, makiki, kōioio, whakatete, whakatohe, whātuturi, hoi, kōroiroi, whakaturi, pūkeke, houkeke, upoko mārō, papamārō, hōkeke, whakatuturi, mōtohe, pake, taumārō, pukutohetohe, pukutohe
2. (verb) to be resistant, refuse to comply with, unwilling.
Ko te kātipa ka kore e mahi i tana mahi kātipa, ka turi rānei ki tētahi wārati, ki tētahi whakahaunga rānei a tētahi Kaiwhakarite Whakawā Hatihi i runga i te ture, ka whainetia (RT 2013:96). / The constable who will not do his job, or refuses to comply with a warrant, or an order of a Justice of the Peace under the law, will be fined.
Synonyms: ātete
3. (noun) deafness, deaf person.
Kua whakaorangia te kāpō, te turi, te wahangū, te pararūtiki, te kopa, te ngoio, te hūkiki, me ērā atu mate (TTT 1/7/1923:13). / Blindness, deafness, dumbness, paralysis, being crippled, asthma, epilepsy and other illnesses have been healed.
