rēwera
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to be a devil.
Ka kite au i ngā tāngata me ngā wāhine e puta hurori mai ana ki waho, hāmama ana ō rātou māngai, puta ana ngā kupu a tētahi ki tētahi, tau mai ana te whakamā ki ahau; tū ana ngā haka me ngā ruriruri, he nui atu te kino o ngā kōrero, ānō kua rēweratia (KO 17/5/1886:4). / I saw men and women staggering out, shouting to each other, and I was ashamed; they performed haka and bawdy ditties and what they said was terrible, as if they had been taken over by the devil.
2. (loan) (stative) be a devil.
He tangata anō te tangata, otirā kia pā ki te waipiro ka rēwera (TP 6/1902:10). / The man is just a man, but when affected by alcohol, he becomes a devil.
3. (loan) (noun) devil, heathen.
Ko ā rātou patunga tapu i tāpaea e rātou mā ngā rēwera (PT Tiuteronomi 32:17). / They sacrificed to devils.
