puhanga
1. (noun) shooting.
Ko ngā tamariki nei i hopukia e te pirihimana mō tā rāua puhanga i tō raua pāpā ki te pū, ā, mate rawa (TJ 24/8/1898:3). / These children were arrested by the police for their shooting of their father, who died.
Synonyms: pupuhi, puhi, puhipuhi, moutī, pārure, pārure tīrore, rohe tītere
2. (noun) blowing.
Ko ngā taiepa ehara i te mea tikanga; he mea here noa iho ētahi ki te harakeke, ki te kareao; oioi kau ana i te puhanga o te hau ko te haerenga atu o te hōiho, o te kau, he hinga anake, ā, ka pau ngā kai (TWM 23/1/1864:1). / The fences are not made correctly; some are just tied up with New Zealand flax and supplejack and when the wind blows they shake loose and when the horses and and cows go there they fall over and the crops are consumed.
