mākinakina
1. (adjective) be prickly, rough.
He mākinakina tonu ngā rau maroke o te rimu (PK 2008:383). / The dried leaves of seaweed are quite rough.
Synonyms: kōtaratara, matara, taratara, tiotio, tuatete, korotiotio, pūtiotio, tuahuru, māngonge, torehapehape, tuarangaranga, tūpā, tuaranga, mātoretore, pūhungahunga, hīngarungaru, huakau, whekewheke, tupangarua
2. (modifier) piercingly cold.
Kātahi nā te kāinga mākinakina; hukapapatia ana i ngā marama katoa o te tau (PK 2008:383). / What a cold place; it has frosts every month of the year.
Synonyms: mātaratara
3. (noun) piercing cold.
Tae rawa atu he āwhina ki a rāua, kua mate noa ake i te mākinakina (HJ 2015:44). / When help eventually reached them they had died long before from the intense cold.
Synonyms: mātaratara, naku
