pūrua
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to do a second time, repeat, double up, duplicate, confirm, reduplicate, copy.
Nā Gottfried Lindauer i whakairo tōna āhua, engari he mea tuhi pūrua kē pea mai i tētehi whakaahua (TTR 1994:122). / He is depicted in a portrait by Gottfried Lindauer, but it was probably copied from a photograph.
2. (modifier) by twos, in pairs, two by two.
3. (noun) pair, doubling, doubling up, repetition.
Engari, koirā pea tētahi huarahi mō ngā mea e ako ana i te reo Māori, arā, ko te pūrua i ngā oropuare (HM 1/1993). / But perhaps that is a way for the ones learning Māori, that is doubling the vowels.
Synonyms: takirua, tōpū, tāruatanga, tukurua, tuaruatanga, tokorua, tāruarua, huirua, pea
4. (noun) junction (of streams and rivers), confluence.
Ko Taumata‑ō-hē pā i te pūrua o ngā awa o Mangatahi, o Maraekākaho me Ngaruroro i Heretaunga (TTR 1994:135). / Taumata-ō-hē pā is at the confluence of the Mangatahi Stream, Maraekākaho and the Ngaruroro River in Hawke's Bay.
5. (noun) power of two, squared (maths).
mita pūrua
1. (noun) square metre.
Ko te rahi o te mita pūrua, he tapawhā rite, kotahi mita te roa o ia tapa. 10,000 ngā mitarau pūrua (cm2) kei roto i te mita pūrua kotahi (TRP 2010:172). / A square metre is equivalent to a square which measures one metre on each side. There are 10,000 square centimetres (cm2) in a square metre (TRP 2010:172).
whārite pūrua
1. (noun) quadratic equation.
Ko te whārite pūrua ngā whārite he pūrua tētahi o ngā taurangi. Kāore hoki he taupū nui atu i te pūrua i roto i te whārite (TRP 2010:332). / A quadratic equation is an equation in which one of the variables is to the power of two. There are no higher powers (exponents) in the equation (TRP 2010:333).
2. (modifier) cloning.
Rārangihia mai ngā painga ka puta i te mahi pūrua tōkai-kore me ngā tautohenga whakahē (RP 2009:360). / List the benefits from the work of cloning and the arguments against it.
3. (noun) clone, cloning .
Kō te whāinga a ētahi kaimātai pūtaiao, he pūrua tōkai-kore i ngā momo kua tata korehāhā (RP 2009:360). / The aim of some scientists is cloning the species close to extinction.
puru
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to put in, thrust in, plug up, block, thrust in, cram in, load (a gun).
Ki te purua atu he poaka ora i tētahi pito o taua mīhini, ka puta mai he tōtiti katoa i tētahi pito (TP 10/1899:12). / If a live pig is thrust in one end of the machine, sausages all emerge at the other end.
I warea anō te tangata nei ki te puru i tana pū (TTT 1/4/1924:25). / This man was occupied loading his gun.
Synonyms: whakapuru, kawenga, wahanga, pīkaunga, whakauru, komo, maka, kokomo
2. (noun) bung, plug, cork, filler, finger hole.
Kātahi rātou ka tahuri ki te tapatapahi i ngā kaha o ngā waka, ki te unuunu hoki i ngā puru (NM 1928:143). / Then they set about cutting the lashings of the canoes and removing the bungs.
