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pūtaringa

1. (noun) ear canal - a tube running from the outer ear to the middle ear.

Mā te pūtaringa e tae atu ai ngā ngaru oro ki te tōrino. / The sound waves reach the eardrum via the ear canal.

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2. (noun) tattoo marks under the ear.

Nōwhea e oti i a ia, i a Te Māhuki, ngā pūhoro, me ngā peke-ngārara - ngā pūtaringa, te ngū, ngā tītī, ngā tīwhana, me ērā atu hanga (KO 14/4/1883:5). / There was no way that he, Te Māhuki, could complete the tattoos on the thighs, on the limbs, the marks under the ears, on the side of the nose, the uppermost lines on the forehead, the lines above the eyebrows, and other ornamentation.

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Synonyms: tītī, ngū, puhoro, tīwhana

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