2. (stative) be untied, untwisted, untangled.
Kua rīraparapa noa iho ngā makawe, kāore e matara ki te heru (W 1971:342). / The hair is in a tangled mass and can't be untangled with a comb.
3. (noun) distance.
He tika te mau o Ngāti Porou ki te nuinga o ō rātou whenua, te korenga i pau i te Pākehā te hoko, i te matara o tō rātou nā takiwā i ngā huarahi papatau o te Pākehā (TTT 1/8/1930:2120). / It's correct that Ngāti Porou retained most of their land and it was not sold to the Pākeha because their territory is quite distant from the sealed roads of the Pākehā.
mātārae
1. (noun) headland, promontory, spur of a hill.
I te pūaotanga o te ao, ka kitea tētahi mātārae kei waenganui i a Matarehua (kei Mōtītī) me Wairākei (tētahi kōawa i rere ki Pāpāmoa) (Te Ara 2011). / At dawn a headland between Matarehua (at Mōtītī Island) and Wairākei (a watercourse flowing out at Pāpāmoa) was seen.
Synonyms: koraenga, kūraenga, kūmū, ponaihu, ponaihu, koi, koutu, matamata, tūmū, kūmore, kūrae, kūrae, rae, raenga, more
2. (noun) important person.
Tae rawa ake ki te pokapūtanga o te tekau tau atu i te 1860 kua hau haere tōna rongo hei matakite mātārae ki roto i ngā iwi o Te Tai Tokerau (TTR 1994:118). / By the mid 1860s he had become known as leading prophet amongst the tribes of Northland.
mātara
1. (noun) obsidian.
See also matā, tūhua, matā tūhua
Synonyms: matā, matā tūhua, tūhua
matara
1. (modifier) prickly, rough.
Synonyms: kōtaratara, taratara, tiotio, tuatete, mākinakina, korotiotio, pūtiotio, tuahuru, māngonge, torehapehape, tuarangaranga, tūpā, tuaranga, mātoretore, pūhungahunga, hīngarungaru, huakau, whekewheke, tupangarua
