mātaratara
1. (stative) be intensely cold, piercingly cold, bitterly cold, freezing, arctic.
Whakataka tō hau ki te tonga kia mākinakina i uta, kia mātaratara i tai (W 1971:190). / Divert your wind to the south so that it is intensely cold inland and piercingly cold at sea.
Synonyms: mākinakina
2. (noun) intense cold, piercing cold.
I te roa e tioa ana e te mātaratara, ka poroa ngā matimati o tana waewae mauī (PK 2008:931). / Because he was so long exposed to the intense cold, the toes of his left foot were amputated.
Synonyms: mākinakina, naku
