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maikuku - claw; fingernail, toenail

Maikuku, n. 1. Nail of a finger or toe. E kowhakina ana tona maikuku hei ahi (T. 24). Kei te maikuku pango nei te rahi (P.). (For anything very small.)

2. Claw, hoof. Maikuku karewarewa, a shellfish. Maikuku moa and maikuku o Tawhaki, ferns.

Williams Dictionary

Homai ana e Mahuika he ahi, whakawetohia ana e Māui. Pēneitia tonutia ā pau noa ngā maikuku katoa, atu i tētehi mea kotahi.
Mahuika gave him fire, Māui doused it. This carried on until all of her fingernails were used up except one.
It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...

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#63: You should talk to your mother
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#33: I am going, I was going, I went.
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