tārewa

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *taa-rewa (“flap, flutter”). By surface analysis, tā- +‎ rewa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaːrewa/ [ˈtɑːɾɛwɐ]

Verb

tārewa (passive tārewatia)

  1. (transitive) to suspend, to hang

Verb

tārewa(stative)

  1. hanging, dangling
  2. unresolved, unsettled
  3. deferred, delayed

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “tārewa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
  • Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “TAA-REWA”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
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