matikara
1. (noun) finger, toe.
Pupuri tonu tētahi ringa ki te aho kia mau tonu ai te pōro i te taha o te kānara, ko te matikara o tētahi ringa hei āta koropana i te pōro kia āta takahurihuri mārire ai (TWMNT 5/6/1877:144). / Hold the string with one hand so that the ball is beside the candle and with a finger of the other hand carefully flick the ball so that it slowly revolves.
2. (noun) handspan - traditional measurement from the thumb to the little finger of a spread hand.
Ko te matikara, mai i te kōnui ki te kōiti o te ringa horahora kotahi (HJ 2015:42). / A 'matikara' is from the thumb to the little finger of one spread hand.
