(particle)
Used to join two compass points to indicate a direction midway between the two, e.g. tonga-mā-uru south-west.
Kei te uru-mā-raki o Te Waipounamu a Ahitereiria.Australia is north-west of the South Island.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 113;)
See also
marangai-mā-raro,
tuauru-mā-tonga,
raki-mā-rāwhiti,
tonga-mā-uru,
tonga-mā-rāwhiti,
uru-mā-raki.
