2. (noun) mussel shell - used for separating the muka from the harakeke leaf.
3. (noun) barbed point (of a spear).
Ko te mākoi o tōna here he pounamu (W 1971:171). / The point of his spear was of greenstone.
4. (noun) pointed question.
Kāore te Minita e whakautu i ngā mākoi a Hoani Kemara. / The Minister would not answer the pointed questions of John Campbell.
5. (noun) comb.
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