puahiri
1. (noun) turbulence (of waves in a storm).
Heoi ka hoea te poti, mea anō tekau tini te mahuetanga o tahaki; ka tīmata te ruku, ko te puahiri tēnā o te ngaru e opehia mai ana ki runga, kātahi anō ka whakahoki mai ki uta (TJ 12/7/1898:8). / And so they rowed the boat until it was ten chains from the shore when it began to dive and the turbulance of the waves thrust it up and finally it was returned to the shore.