pūwaha
1. (noun) river mouth, estuary, opening, doorway.
Nō te 2 o Hepetema 1841, ka moea e Hīpango a Rāwinia Rere i Pūtiki Wharanui, e pātata atu rā ki te pūwaha o Whanganui (TTR 1990:16). / On 2 September 1841 Hīpango married Rāwinia Rere at Pūtiki Wharanui, near the mouth of the Whanganui River.
Synonyms: koniu, ngutu, pūao, pūau, ngutuawa, wāhinga, tāwaha, tomokanga, whakapuare, whakatuwheratanga, whakapuaretanga, whakatuheratanga, puare, pūahaaha, angotanga, waha, wherahanga, whakatuwhera, wherawhera, putanga, whakatuhera, puta, tarawaha, tomotomokanga, pūaha, wāhi
