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.
Synonyms: putu, whakaroaka
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.
