Reingan.

Brit.

/reɪˈɪŋə/,

/ˈreɪɪŋə/, U.S.

/reɪˈɪŋə/, New Zealand English

/ˈreːiŋʌ/,

/ræeˈɪŋə/

Forms: 1800s Re-i-nga, 1800s Réinga, 1800s– Reinga. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori rēinga.

Etymology: < Maori rēinga leap, place of leaping < rei to leap.Use with the definite article in English is after Maori te rēinga ( < te the + rēinga); this was also occasionally (and earlier) borrowed into English in full:1804 D. Collins Acct. Eng. Colony New S. Wales (ed. 2) xvi. 345 While the soul is received by the good Ea-tooa, an evil spirit is also in readiness to carry the impure part of the corpse..to Terry-inga.1822 Proc. Church Missionary Soc. 364 They say, that, at the death of a Chief, his soul goes to the Treaingha, at the North Cape.

New Zealand.

In Maori tradition: the place (a cape in the far north of New Zealand) from which the spirits of the dead are believed to enter the next world; (hence) the land of departed spirits.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > non-Christian

heaveneOE

other worldOE

paradise?a1425

pantheon?1545

Olympus1582

Hesperidesa1592

tian1613

afterworld1615

Swarga1734

goddery1811

Pure Land1819

Reinga1820

Tir-na-nog1889

Jodo1901

sand-hill1949

the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > non-Christian > way to

Reinga1820

1820 Gram. & Voc. N. Zealand 202 Réinga, the place of flight, a descent on the side of a rock near the North Cape, New Zealand, where it is supposed that the departed spirits of the natives take their flight.

1833 H. Williams Early Jrnls. 23 June (1961) 320 They had much to say about Te Uarahi having died and after taking a survey of the Reinga returned to deliver his account.

1869 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1868 (1875) 1 384 This haunting spirit, or phantom, (Kehua)..differed widely from the sensible intellectual spirit (Wairua), which had departed to the reinga and which was not feared.

1935 J. Cowan Hero Stories N.Z. 115 Her warrior brother Hitiri..was not long in following her to the Reinga.

1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori iv. iv. 516 Thus death closed the account of the body, and the soul (wairua) entered the spirit land (reinga) with a clean sheet and without apprehension.

1995 C. Clerk in R. H. Finnegan & M. R. Orbell S. Pacific Oral Trad. viii. 170 The traditional role of the heights at Black Rock as a reinga, a leaping-place for spirits of the dead.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reinga
释义	Reingan. Brit. /reɪˈɪŋə/, /ˈreɪɪŋə/, U.S. /reɪˈɪŋə/, New Zealand English /ˈreːiŋʌ/, /ræeˈɪŋə/ Forms: 1800s Re-i-nga, 1800s Réinga, 1800s– Reinga. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori rēinga. Etymology: < Maori rēinga leap, place of leaping < rei to leap.Use with the definite article in English is after Maori te rēinga ( < te the + rēinga); this was also occasionally (and earlier) borrowed into English in full:1804 D. Collins Acct. Eng. Colony New S. Wales (ed. 2) xvi. 345 While the soul is received by the good Ea-tooa, an evil spirit is also in readiness to carry the impure part of the corpse..to Terry-inga.1822 Proc. Church Missionary Soc. 364 They say, that, at the death of a Chief, his soul goes to the Treaingha, at the North Cape. New Zealand. In Maori tradition: the place (a cape in the far north of New Zealand) from which the spirits of the dead are believed to enter the next world; (hence) the land of departed spirits. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > non-Christian heaveneOE other worldOE paradise?a1425 pantheon?1545 Olympus1582 Hesperidesa1592 tian1613 afterworld1615 Swarga1734 goddery1811 Pure Land1819 Reinga1820 Tir-na-nog1889 Jodo1901 sand-hill1949 the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > non-Christian > way to Reinga1820 1820 Gram. & Voc. N. Zealand 202 Réinga, the place of flight, a descent on the side of a rock near the North Cape, New Zealand, where it is supposed that the departed spirits of the natives take their flight. 1833 H. Williams Early Jrnls. 23 June (1961) 320 They had much to say about Te Uarahi having died and after taking a survey of the Reinga returned to deliver his account. 1869 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1868 (1875) 1 384 This haunting spirit, or phantom, (Kehua)..differed widely from the sensible intellectual spirit (Wairua), which had departed to the reinga and which was not feared. 1935 J. Cowan Hero Stories N.Z. 115 Her warrior brother Hitiri..was not long in following her to the Reinga. 1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori iv. iv. 516 Thus death closed the account of the body, and the soul (wairua) entered the spirit land (reinga) with a clean sheet and without apprehension. 1995 C. Clerk in R. H. Finnegan & M. R. Orbell S. Pacific Oral Trad. viii. 170 The traditional role of the heights at Black Rock as a reinga, a leaping-place for spirits of the dead. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1820
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