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whakaputaputa

1. (verb) (-ina) to express, utter, publish.

Kei te pai rawa atu ki ahau ā tātou kōrero e whakaputaputa nei ngā whakaaro o tēnā o tēnā (TTT 1/9/1926:454). / I think our discussions, where each person expresses their ideas, are excellent.

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Synonyms: paki, whakaputa, perehi, pānui, whakakawenata,


2. (verb) (-hia,-ina,-ngia) to emerge here and there, appear repeatedly, pop up.

Ka tū te tangata ki te taha o te wai, ka whakaputaputa mai ngā māhunga o aua tuna, he mahara he kawe kai atu mā rātou (TP 8/1903:11). / When a person stands at the water's edge the heads of those eels pop up thinking that she is taking food for them.

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3. (modifier) appearing, emerging, expressing.

Ko te hapū nei he hunga noho nehenehe; he hunga whakaputaputa mōhiotanga, arā i mua atu o te tukunga i te whenua nei, ki ngā huarahi i mōhio ai rātau hei putanga moni mā rātau (TP 3/1908:8). / This subtribe is a group who live in the forest; a group providing information about the avenues they knew to acquire money, that is before the land was ceded.

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