2. (noun) blowing up, exploding.
I a ia i runga i te poari wahapū, ka puta tana tohe kia whakamutua te whakapāhūhū i ngā toka tapu o te rohe, he mahi moni te take (TTR 1998:178). / He was a member of the harbour board, and he argued that the blowing up of sacred rocks of the district for commercial purposes should be stopped.
Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index by John C Moorfield comprises a selection of modern and everyday language that will be extremely useful for learners of the Māori language.
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He Pātaka Kupu is a monolingual Māori language dictionary, and was designed using its own culturally authentic terms.
