whakaputa
1. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ina,-ngia) to begin to come out, cause to emerge, express, utter, publish, announce, issue, grant, produce.
Nō te rā whānau o te Kīngi (Hune 3) ka whakaputaina ngā hōnore ki ngā tāngata nunui o tana emepaea (TTT 1/6/1927:610). / On the birthday of the King (June 3) the honours for the important people of his empire were announced.
Synonyms: whakaputaputa, perehi, pānui, whakakawenata, whakatupu, tā, paki
2. (modifier) expressing, articulating.
Ka tū ana te tangata ki te whaikōrero, ka whakahua ia i ngā rākau me ngā tipu hei kupu whakarite, hei kupu whakaputa whakaaro (Te Ara 2014). / When a man stands to make a speech, he mentions trees and plants as similes and as words to articulate ideas.
3. (noun) appearance, emergence, publication.
Nō muri o te whakaputa i te pukapuka a Smith ka rahi ngā pukapuka i whakaputangia e whakapae ana ko ngā heke o ngā tāngata o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa i ahu mai i te rāwhiti, i te whenua rahi o Āhia (Te Ara 2014). / After the publication of Smith’s book there was a proliferation of texts claiming that the people of the Pacific came from the east, from the continent of Asia.
Synonyms: pānuitanga, tānga
