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whakatuturi

1. (verb) to turn a deaf ear to, ignore, pay no heed to, take no notice of, pay no attention to.

Te kitenga atu o te pāpā ka karanga—, he nui te reo, —kia hoki mai. Ko te tamaiti ia whakatuturi tonu, me te akiaki anō ki ngā hoa kia hohoro tā rātou haere (TTT 1/10/1927:666). / When the father saw him he called in a loud voice for him to come back. But the boy took no notice and urged his friends to go faster.

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Synonyms: whakaturi, whātuturi, , whakangongo


2. (verb) to be obstinate, unyielding.

Ahakoa pēhea te tangi a te mauhere, ehara i a ia te mahi kino, ka whakatuturi tonu te kaiwhakawā (PK 2008:1144). / No matter how much the prisoner cried that he had not done the crime, the judge was obstinate.

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