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matanui

1. (verb) to be coarse-grained (of rock).

Ko te toka māhurehure tētahi momo toka parataiao, he matanui te āhua (RP 2009:407). / Conglomerate rock is a type of sedimentary rock that is course-grained.

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2. (verb) to be lying towards the rising sun, face east.

Pēwhea te takoto o taua māra, he kaokao, he matanui rānei? (W 1971:95). / Does the garden lie sideways to the rising sun or does it face east?

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3. (modifier) coarse-grained (of a grindstone).

Mā te hōanga matanui e tika ai te mata o te whao, mā te hōanga matarehu e whakakoi (RTA 2014:90). / The coarse-grained grindstone will straighten the edge of the chisel, the fine-grained grindstone will sharpen it.

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