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1. (verb) to be of two minds, in doubt.

Te take i ruarua ai ngā tuākana o Māui ki a ia, he tangata māminga ia (W 1971:249). / The reason that Māui's older brothers were of two minds with him was because he was a devious person.

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2. (verb) to be few, several.

Ka ruarua nei āna waiata i tukua atu e ia ki a Apirana Ngata (TTR 1996:188). / He submitted several songs to Apirana Ngata.

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3. (adjective) be few, several.

Kāti, nō te taenga mai o Kuīni Irihāpeti Te Tuarua ki Rotorua i te 2 o Hānuere 1954, takahia ana e Heke te kawa, he ruarua nei ngā miniti e hauoraora ake ana tana kōrero ki te Kuīni mō te takoha roera, arā, mō te tokotoko hiriwa (TTR 2000:27). / Well, when Queen Elizabeth II arrived at Rotorua on 2 January 1954, Heke broke protocol by speaking animately to the Queen for several minutes about the royal gift of the silver cane.

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4. (modifier) few, several.

Ko tētahi tēnei o ngā waiata ruarua i uru ai he kupu mō te moa (M 2006:164). / This is one of the few songs where words about the moa are included.

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1. Prefix used with the numbers 2 to 9, maha, ruarua, iti and hia? when referring to people.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 5;)

Tokohia āu tamariki? Tokorua. / How many children do you have? Two.

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