matikuku
1. (noun) nail (of a finger or toe), hoof.
Pare: Kua oti anō i ngā kōtiro rā te whakapaipai tō rāua rūma? Rangi: Nōhea hoki! E warea kētia ana ki te whakapaipai i ō rāua matikuku (HKK 1999:62). / Pare: Have those girls finished tidying their room yet? Rangi: No way! They're too busy beautifying their nails.
2. (noun) claw, talon.
Tāna kai ko ngā kurī pakupaku o te koraha; he mea hopu ki ōna matikuku ka kāhakina ki tōna kōhanga ki runga pari ki reira āta kai ai (TWMNT 4/5/1875:102). / Its food is small animals of the open areas, which are caught with its claws and carried off to its nest on cliff tops where it slowly eats them.
