upoko mārō
1. (verb) to be insensitive, hard-headed, headstrong, stubborn, unbending, pig-headed, obstinate.
Tē aro i a ia tētāhi kupu kotahi nei, engari ka upoko māro tonu mai. / He can’t understand a single word, but he persists.
E ūpoko mārō ana tērā tangata ki tāna kaupapa. / That man sticks stubbornly to his cause.
2. (modifier) stubborn, obstinate, inflexible, obdurate.
3. (noun) obstinate person, stubborn person.
Kāhore he aroha, he upoko mārō, he ngautuarā, e kore e pēhi i te ngākau, he hunga nanakia, kāhore e aroha ki te pai (PT 2Timoti 3:3). / Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good.
Synonyms: kōioio
4. (noun) bigot.
