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rea

1. (verb) to spring up, grow, multiply.

Ka rea ana te hue, ka piri haere ki ngā tahataha o ngā whare (Te Ara 2013). / When the gourd grew it clung to the walls of the houses.
E tipu, e rea, mō ngā rā o tōu ao; ko tō ringa ki ngā rākau a te Pākehā hei ara mō te tinana, ko tō ngākau ki ngā taonga a ō tīpuna Māori hei tikitiki mō tō māhuna, ā ko tō wairua ki te Atua, nāna nei ngā mea katoa (Āpirana Ngata 1949). / Grow up, tender plant, to fulfill the needs of your world; your hand grasping the tools of the Pākehā for your physical needs, your heart centred on the treasures of your Māori ancestors as a plume for your head, and your soul to God who made all things.

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Synonyms: putu, whakaroaka


2. (stative) be numerous.


3. (noun) offshoot.

Ko tā Eru Tumutara, he rea kē te Hāhi Ringatū nō te Hāhi Mihinare (TTR 1998:231). / According to Eru Tumutara the Ringatū Church was an offshoot of the Anglican Church.

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