He aha te hiku muka whatu?

Ko te hiku muka whatu he muka whatu poto, he mutunga, he hononga kei tetahi pito, ā, he muka kitea kei tetahi pito.
E whakamahia ana hei hono i ngā muka whatu ki ngā taputapu, hei hanga hononga whakawhiti rānei i waenga i ngā muka. Ka taea te hono ngāwari i te pito honohono o te hiku ki tētahi urutau muka whatu, ki tētahi papa tāpiri, ki tētahi atu taputapu whatu rānei, ko te pito muka e kitea ana ka taea te hono honohono ki ētahi atu muka whatu.

He mea noa te whakamahi i ngā taura muka whatu i roto i ngā whakawhitiwhiti kōrero, ngā pokapū raraunga, me ngā tono whatunga hei whakahaere i te hononga me te tohatoha o ngā tohu whatu. He maha ngā momo, pērā i te aratau kotahi, te aratau maha rānei, ā, he rerekē ngā kōwhiringa hononga hei whakatutuki i ngā whakaritenga tāutanga motuhake.

He mea nui te mahi a ngā makawe muka whatu ki te whakahohe i te tuku tohu whatu whai hua me te pono i roto i te Ngā whatunga muka whatu ngā tirohanga