ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
'N.Z."—Like many Maori words, '"rewa" has a number of different applications. Alternatively, it may mean, as a verb, to melt or become liquid; to float; to start; to move upwards; to elevate. One authority translates it as an adjective, with the meaning of "Eacred." Again it is applied as the Maori name lor the mast ol a ship. Tour second query Is difficult to answer.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 140, 14 June 1924, Page 6
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