putanga
1. (noun) emergence, appearance, entrance, opening, escape.
Te putanga mai o tētahi poroka i roto i tōna whare raupō i waenga repo, ka pānuitia e ia ki ngā manu katoa ka taea e ia te whakaora ngā mate katoa (Popi 1887:53). / A frog emerged from inside of his raupō house in the middle of the swamp and announced to all the birds that he was able to cure all diseases.
Synonyms: wāhinga, tāwaha, tomokanga, whakapuare, whakatuwheratanga, whakapuaretanga, whakatuheratanga, puare, pūahaaha, pūwaha, angotanga, waha, wherahanga, whakatuwhera, wherawhera, whakatuhera, puta, tarawaha, tomotomokanga, pūaha, wāhi
2. (noun) exit, way out.
Ki te titiro iho koe ki te putanga o te rua nā, ka kite koe i ngā rapirapitanga o te manu kōkā (HW 1969:120). / If you look down at the exit of that hole you will see the scratchings of the mother bird.
3. (noun) gate, outlet, vent.
Kia tūpato koutou ki ō koutou whare he mea whakakikī puru ki te tangata, hore he putanga mō te hau haunga, hore he tomonga mō te hau ora e noho tawhio ana i waho o ō koutou whare (KO 16/3/1888:7). / You should be careful with your houses when they are crammed full of people and there is no outlet for the stale air, no inlet for fresh air which is located around the outside of your houses.
Synonyms: pūahatanga, waha
4. (noun) edition, issue (publication).
I te putanga o te kape tuatahi me ngā whakaputanga o muri mai, ka whakamāramatia e Īhāia te tino whāinga a 'Huia Tangata Kotahi', arā, ki te whakakotahi i te iwi Māori mā te pānui i ngā āhuatanga e whakataumaha ana i a rātou i ngā moutere e rua (TTR 1994:30). / Īhaia explained in the first and subsequent editions of 'Huia Tangata Kotahi' that its aim was to create unity among Māori by carrying to both islands news of their common misfortunes.
5. (noun) symptom.
Ko te pūputa te putanga o te pāpaka, ki ngā ngutu o te tangata, ki ōna taihemahema rānei (RP 2009:311). / Blisters on a person's lips or genitals are the symptom of herpes.
6. (noun) outcome.
Ko te putanga te hua ka puta i tētahi pāpono tūponotanga. Hei tauira, ko te 1, te 2, te 3, te 4, te 5, te 6 rānei ngā putanga e taea ana ina pīrorihia he mataono tau (TRP 2010:214). / The outcome is the result of a probability event. For example, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 are the possible outcomes when a dice is rolled (TRP 2010:214).
Synonyms: tukunga iho, whakataunga, hua
