pūrere

Maori

Ngā pūrere whakarārangitia i tētahi rauawa o te waka

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pūrere

1. ornamental feathers lining the sides (gunwales, near its strakes) of a waka

Etymology 2

From pū (“source”) +‎ rere (“to flow”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pūrere

1. appliance, device

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “pūrere”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 364
• “pūrere” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.