rewarewa
1. (verb) to move in a body.
Taki taro kau iho kua puta mai anō te haruru, kātahi ka tīmata te mate nui whakaharahara. Āhua rewarewa ana te whenua, tīmata mai i te whakarua ahu atu ki te tonga, ka mutu ka āhua haere ki te rāwhiti (TWMNT 8/6/1875:125). / An instant afterwards came another rumbling, and then began the catastrophe. The earth moved from the north-east to the south and then to the east.
2. (verb) to float.
Ka ahu rātou ko te tira i a Hone Hiana mā ki te hui ki Tamihere, heoi, e whakatata ana ki Whatawhata, ka poro kere te tīni o te urunga o te tima, ā, ka rewarewa noa iho te kaipuke (TW 15/6/1878:305). / They and the travelling party with John Sheehan and company headed for the meeting at Tamihere. However, when they were approaching Whatawhata the chain of the steamer's rudder broke and the ship floated free.
