putanga

Maori

Etymology

From puta (“to come out, to emerge, to appear”) +‎ -nga.

For sense of publication/edition, compare with parallels within the same language family e.g between Malay terbit “to come out, to rise (of celestial bodies), to appear” and keluar “to come out” to terbitan ~ penerbitan and keluaran respectively

Noun

putanga

1. any exit, outlet or vent
2. anything that emerges or appears into view, appearance
   1. symptom
3. outcome, upshot
4. edition, form of a published work edited significantly since an earlier or past time

Further reading

• “putanga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.