2. (modifier) eddying, curling, whirling, swirling around.
Ko te moana tonu tētahi o ngā kaiārahi mō te whakatere; te tae o te wai, te kitenga o ētahi tūmomo ika, ngā ia moana, te ‘rongo i te kakara o te whenua’ me te kitenga atu i ngā wai riporipo (Te Ara 2013). / The sea itself provided useful markers for navigation, including the colour of the water, seeing certain fish species, ocean currents, the ‘scent of land' and the appearance of whirling water.
3. (noun) eddy, whirlpool.
I te 1 o ngā rā o Hepetema kotahi te Māori, ko Tīmoti te ingoa, me te hākui Māori, me tētahi kōtiro hāwhe-kaihe, ko Raiha Mete te ingoa, e whakawhiti ana i Te Aumiti, i tērā motu i runga i te poti iti. Ka taka tā rātou poti ki roto ki te riporipo, totohu tonu iho (TWMNT 6/10/1874:256). / On 1st September a Māori named Tīmoti, and an elderly Māori woman, and a half-caste girl, named Eliza Smith, were crossing the French Pass from that other island in a dingy. Their boat got into an eddy and sank.
