whiriwhiringa raupapa
1. (noun) permutation.
Mēnā e whai take ana te raupapa o te noho mai o ngā huānga o tētahi huinga, ka kīia he whiriwhiringa raupapa. Hei tauira: Mēnā e 3 ngā porotiti, ā, he rerekē ngā tae o ia porotiti, e 6 ngā whiriwhiringa raupapa mō te whakanoho i aua porotiti (TRP 2010:235). / If the sequence that the members of a set sit in has significance, that is called a permutation. For example: If there are 3 counters and the colours of each counter are different, there are 6 permutations for the positioning of those counters.