pōteretere
1. (verb) to be drifting about, backwards and forwards.
Ka kite atu i ngā waka e pōteretere ana i tana moana, ka mate kanehe kia mauria a ia ki te toro i ana mokopuna, ka oti he waiata (TTR 1990:55). / When she saw the canoes going backwards and forwards on her lake, she had a great desire to be taken to visit her grandchildren, and she completed a song.
2. (verb) be dripping wet.