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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

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

#187: Particles in the preposed periphery
#161: I have been forgotten by your name
#177: The really happy fish will indeed return
#44: The brother was walking to the sister
#186: Lift the baby carefully so you don't hurt her!
#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).
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