pupuha
1. (verb) (-ina) to blow, spout (as a whale).
Tekau pea meneti e mānu ana ka kitea e ngā tāngata i te hira ngā wēra e pupuha haere mai ana i te moana i te taha tonga, e ahu ana ki te nōta, arā ki raro (TWMNT 18/9/1877:196). / They were floating for about ten minutes when the people on the hill saw the whales blowing as they travelled towards them in the sea to the south, heading north.
2. (intransitive verb) to gasp for breath.
I a au e kai paipa ana, pupuha noa ana tērā taku manawa i te mahi māmā noa iho (HJ 2017:72). / When I was smoking, I gasped for breath from the slightest activity.
3. (verb) to gush, spout up, spurt up, erupt (of water), play - like a geyser.
Ko Te Wairoa i pupuha ki te Tiuka, neke ake i te 100 putu te pikinga o te wai (TP 1/11/1901:11). / Te Wairoa played for the Duke, the water rising to more than 100 feet.
