2. (noun) opening (of a river) to the sea, river mouth.
Mehemea ka tuwhera te pūao o te awa, he tino whāiti, he pāpaku hoki te awa (HP 1991:16). / If the mouth of the river was open, the river was very narrow and shallow.
2. (noun) juice of the hāpuku fish.
Wai o te korio: He wai nō te ika hāpuku; he ingoa hoki nō tētahi puna kei Waikare e tīkina ai ki reira he wai mō ngā rangatira (M 2005:136). / Wai o te Korio: The juice from the hāpuku fish, it is also the name of a spring at Waikare, where drinking water for chiefs was obtained (M 2005:137).
Whakatipu-kā-tuka
1. (location) Hollyford River - a river that reaches the sea at Martins Bay in southern Westland.
He wāhi whakahirahira a Waione nā te mea koia tēnei te pito whakamutunga o ngā kāinga tū putuputu o Poutini, arā, ko te ara pounamu e ahu mai ana mā te awaawa o Whakatipu-kā-tuka (TTR 1996:216). / Martins Bay was an important place because this was the last in the Poutini chain of settlements, that is of the greenstone trail through the Hollyford Valley.
tūhana
1. (noun) river-crossing pole - a pole held breast high for linking people when crossing a river where the strongest people were positioned at each end of the pole, to prevent the smaller or weaker members of the party from being washed off their feet.
Ka mahia kā tūhana i reira, ka whiriwhiria kā tākata mārōrō mō ruka, mō raro o kā tūhana (MT 2011:61). / Poles for linking the people crossing the river were made there and the strongest men were selected for the upstream and downstream ends of the poles.
Synonyms: tūwhana
ngutu
1. (noun) lip.
Tāia ana ngā ngutu, ā ka kitea ka horotea, ka tāruatia (W 1971:62). / The lips were tattooed and when it was seen that it had faded it was done again.
Synonyms: niao
2. (noun) beak, bill - usually in the plural.
Kāore e kitea he kākā nui ake i te kākāpō o Aotearoa. He kaha tonu ōna ngutu, ā, he pewa te āhua, pērā tonu i te katoa o ngā momo kākā (HM 4/1998:4). / There is no larger parrot than the kākāpō of New Zealand. Its beak is quite strong and it is curved, just like all parrot species.
3. (noun) entrance (of a cave, river, etc.), river mouth.
Mehemea e kapi ana a waho o te ngutu, kōkiritia tonutia ki waenganui tonu o te matua, engari kia inaki tonu te rere o ngā toa hāpai rākau ki mua (JPS 1919:86). / If outside the entrance is closely guarded, attack right at the middle of the army, but rush as a tightly packed group of warriors with weapons raised in front.
4. (noun) muzzle (of a gun).
He mea amo te pū a Te Awheroa, ko te ngutu o te pū i hurihia ki muri ki a Hāre Ngaika e haere ana i muri i a ia (TWMNT 10/12/1873:182). / Te Awheroa carried his gun on his shoulder with the muzzle turned towards Hāre Ngaika, who was walking behind him.
Synonyms: māngai
5. (noun) rim (of a container), mouthpiece (of a calabash or musical instrument).
Ka taha te patu i tōna angaanga, ka pakaru ko te tahā, mau mai i a ia ko te ngutu anake o te tahā rā (NM 1938:78). / The weapon passed by his skull, breaking the calabash, leaving him holding only the mouthpiece of the calabash.
2. (location) Buller River.
muriwai
1. (noun) backwater, lagoon (at the mouth of a river).
Riro ana nāna i whakahaere te take whakahoki mai i te taitara o Te Whanganui-a-Orotū, arā, te muriwai me te aka o Ahuriri, me te whenua rāhui o Puketitiri, ki a Ngāti Kahungunu (TTR 1994:139). / He took over the leadership of the campaign for the return to Ngāti Kahungunu of the title to Te Whanganui-o-Orotū, that is the lagoon and Napier inner harbour, and the Puketitiri reserve.
2. (noun) confluence, junction - of two or more streams. If more than two streams meet at one point ngā muriwai is used.
Kai te muriwai o Mimiha, o Mangakākaho (W 1971:215). / It was at the confluence of the Mimiha and Mangakākaho.
Synonyms: komititanga, tūtakitanga, pūtahitanga, huinga
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
