mātoetoe
1. (verb) to be rough (of a surface), not smooth.
Ko te kupu 'mākohakoha', he āhua rite ki te māeneene, ā, i konei e whakaahua ana i te kiri o te ringa kāore i mātoetoe, kāore i raupā - ko te kiri o te pēpē kē pea te rite (HJ 2012:15). / The word 'mākohakoha' is a bit like māenene, and here it is likening the skin of the hands that were not rough, not calloused - perhaps like the skin of a baby.
2. (verb) to be cracked, split, fissured.
Kāore i muri mai o te waipuke, ka maroke, ka mārō, ka mātoetoe te parahuhu (PK 2008:596). / Not long after the flood, the silt dried, hardened and cracked.
3. (modifier) cracked, fissured.
He raumati iti te ua, he whenua mātoetoe (HJ 2017:200). / A summer of little rain, and cracked ground.
