putaputa
1. (verb) to appear, emerge, come into view, escape, get out, go out, exit, get clear, survive - a number of people or groups.
Nō te tau 1843, ka putaputa atu ki Te Wairarapa ngā ope hōpara a te Kamupene o Niu Tīreni (TTR 1990:284). / In 1843 the the exploration parties of the New Zealand Company appeared in Wairarapa.
2. (verb) to be full of holes, pitted, riddled.
Ka tīhorea te kiri, ka kitea he mea angiangi noa a roto, he mea putaputa me te pūngorungoru; he wai kau, me te wai kōrau te reka (TWMNT 24/3/1874:72). / When the rind is removed, a thin layer is found inside which is cellular like a sponge, filled with fluid tasting much like that of a turnip.
Synonyms: pōkarakara, kōputaputa
3. (noun) openings.
Mehemea e kore e horoia atu te werawera o te kiri, me te paru hoki e whakakī ana i ngā putaputa ririki o te kiri, koia ka kino ai ka mamae, kātahi ka puku, ka pā haere taua mate ki ia tangata, ki ia tangata (TWMNT 18/6/1873:65). / If the perspiration and the dirt filling the pores of the skin is not washed away then the pain will be awful and the swelling and that disease will strike each person.
