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putanga - opening, exit (puta + nominal suffix -nga)

putanga, n. 1. Circumstance, place, etc., of appearance. E whakarongo ana raua ki te putanga mai o te hau (T. 93). E haere koe, ka titiro ki te putanga mai o te ra (T. 110).

2. Gate. Kihai i tomo ma te putanga, i piki mai ma runga (T. 85).

Williams Dictionary

Ko te huarahi tuatahi i whakamātau ai ia hei putanga mōna ..
The first pathway he tried as an escape for himself ..

I whakamātau ia i te huarahi tuatahi hei putanga mōna.
He tested the first pathway as an escape for himself.

Te tino putanga o Ponga ki mua o te kapa.
When Ponga appeared at the front of the ranks.

I te mea ehara i te iwi hāpai rākau ki te riri, kore rawa i ara te ua i te putanga mai o Rere-ao mā.
Because they were not a people to bear weapons in battle, they did not raise their heads when Rere-ao and company appeared.

#145: Belonging to a reason

#105: I have not yet eaten crocodile meat

#143: You will be the one to do the dishes

#152: Kātahi anō au kua tae mai. I have just arrived (or I have arrived at last, or I have arrived for the first time).

#101: We are arguing. No we're not!

#64: She is always swimming in the sea

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