rerenga, n. 1. Place or circumstances o, leaping, running, etc. Te one i Rangaunu, kei te rerenga ki te po (M. 78). Hei arataki ki te rerenga wairua ki a Miru (M. 88).
2. Voyage, journey. Takoto Whangaroa, whaiti kokori, rerenga waka mai nou, e Te Iwikau (M. 375). Ko nga korero tera o to matou rerenga mai.
3. Setting or rising of sun, etc. Te tonga o te ra, te rerenga ki te rua (M. 168).
4. Place or means of escape. Ka wehi hoki; kei whea hoki he rerenga? (T. 180).
5. Person who has escaped, fugitive, survivor. Kahore he rerenga o tenei ope, he mano mano iho ki te mate (T. 93). Katahi ka mahara ia kia houhia te rongo, kia kawhakina tetahi rerenga hei morehu (T. 67).
6. Exception, omission. Mutu katoa mai nga tangata ki te kawana tanga, kahore he rerenga.
7. Small branches at the extremity of a bough.
8. Offshoots of a family, distant relatives.
Ka puta ia ki ona rerenga.
9. Planting of kumara, etc. Nga whetu tohu o te tau e titiro ai nga tangata matua mo te rerenga o tana kai, o te kumara (W.M. x, 240). ‖ rere (i), 16.
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