pūaha
1. (verb) to be open, leaving a passage.
Ka puaha te tai nei, hoea tātou (W 1971:318). / There's a break in the waves, let's paddle out.
Synonyms: mawhera, tuwhera, māhorahora, matata, matatea, tīwhera, areare, kohera, tuhera, wātea, whakaareare, whakapuare, whewhera, uaki, marake, koraha, mārakerake, kohea, ango, puare, tīwara, tūmatanui, pawhera, hemahema, whakatuwhera, whakatuhera, huaki, poare, hīrikore, are, pōaha, puakaha, raha, tūraha, tawhera
2. (modifier) hollow.
3. (noun) river mouth, estuary, opening, doorway.
Koia te tāhuna e takoto nā i te taha raki o te pūaha o Mānuka (JPS 1946:32). / This is the sandbank that lies to the north of the Manukau Harbour entrance.
Synonyms: koniu, ngutu, pūao, pūau, ngutuawa, tāwaha, tomokanga, whakapuare, whakatuwheratanga, whakapuaretanga, whakatuheratanga, puare, puta, pūwaha, angotanga, waha, wherahanga, whakatuwhera, wherawhera, putanga, whakatuhera, pūahaaha, tarawaha, tomotomokanga, wāhi, wāhinga
Pūaha-o-Waikato, Te
1. (location) Port Waikato, Waikato river mouth, Waikato Heads.
E tīkina atu ana e rātou ngā rawa i ngā kaipuke i te pūaha o Waikato ka hoea whakarunga i te awa ki te pā maioro o Camerontown (TTR 1990:336). / They were collecting supplies from ships at the Waikato Heads and paddled them up the river to the Camerontown redoubt.
