kahurapa
1. (verb) to extended sideways - like the buttress roots at the base of some trees, e.g. pukatea.
Nō te tatanga mai ka titiro atu kāore he taurapa, he tauihu, ko ngā aroaro anga kē ai ki te tā, ko ngā hoe kahurapa kē ai ki te whanga (TP 1/1911:5). / When they approached we observed that they had no stern-post or prow, they faced to the stern and the oars extended sideways to wait.