pūtoetoe
1. (noun) survivor (of an older generation).
Ko te momo kaumātua o te wā i a au e taiohi ana kua tino kore haere, me uaua kē rānei ka kitea engari ko te hunga kaumātua, kua noho makorea, pūtoetoe rānei, e tika ana kia kauanuanutia, kia aronuitia atu e ngā whakatipuranga o muri nei (HM 4/1998:2). / The type of elder of the time when I was young have gone completely, or are very rarely seen, but the elders that have survived, or are survivors of an older generation, it is appropriate that they be revered and taken notice of by the generations after them.