1. (verb) (-a) to throw.
Ina hoki tētehi kōrero āna mō tētehi o ngā ngāwhā, arā, nō te tangata tōrangapū kē tērā ngāwhā, ko te take he puhapuha, he korowhiu poharu, he hau wera tonu te mahi (TTR 1998:30). / She once described one of the thermal vents as that is a politician's boiling mud pool, because it spouts, throws mud and hot air.
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