rewa

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaliwat (compare Malay lewat).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrewa/ [ˈɾɛwɐ]

rewa

1. to get under way, to depart, to set off
2. to melt, to dissolve

   Synonym: whakakoero

3. to float

• marewa
• rewarewa
• whakarewa

• tārewa

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

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Compare French rive.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.va/
• Rhymes: -ɛva
• Syllabification: re‧wa
• Homophone: Rewa

rewa f

1. (geomorphology, oceanography) sandbank, sandbar, sandridge, shoal (natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material and rises from the bed of a body of water to near the surface)

   Coordinate term: podwodzie

• rewa in Polish dictionaries at PWN