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tārua

1. (noun) (computer) backup.


2. (noun) (horse-riding) saddle.

tārua

1. (verb) (-tia) to tattoo a second time.

Tāia ana ngā ngutu, ā ka kitea ka horotea, ka tāruatia (W 1971:62). / The lips were tattooed and when it was seen that it had faded it was done again.

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2. (verb) (-tia) to repeat (any process), do again, copy, backup (computer), duplicate, dub.

I te taha o te awa rā, o Te Rere-o-Kapuni, ka rongo a Rātana i te reo e tārua ana i ētahi kupu a Tītokowaru (TTR 1996:153). / Beside the stream, Te Rere-o-Kapuni, Rātana heard a voice repeating words of Tītokowaru.

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3. (noun) copy, duplicate, reproduction.

Āhua nui tonu nei ngā tārua kiriata i tukua ki Poihākena hei tohatohanga ki ngā whare tapere o reira (TTR 1998:172). / Several copies of film were sent to Sydney for theatre distribution there.

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Synonyms: kape, whakaputa uri

tārua

1. (noun) saddle (in a ridge).

E rua nei ana whitinga i te tārua o Barron i te hikuwai o te waiparahoaka o Mueller i te tau 1905 (TTR 2000:217). / In 1905 she made the double crossing of the Barron Saddle at the head of the Mueller Glacier.

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Synonyms: tawhātanga, tāwhatitanga


2. (noun) hollow, burrow.

Ka tae ki te paunga o Whiringa-ā-rangi, kua keri te kātua i tētahi tārua kia whakawhānau i te hua kotahi (Te Ara 2014). / When it reaches late November the adult digs a burrow to lay a single egg.

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whārangi tārua

1. (noun) carbon paper.

whārangi tārua

1. (noun) blackline master, copymaster.

tārua whānako

1. (noun) plagiarism, illegal copying.

He mea hāmene ia mō tana tārua whānako i te titonga a tangata kē (RMR 2017). / He was summonsed for his illegal copying of someone else's composition.

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orokati tārua

1. (noun) alliteration.

Ko te orokati tārua tētahi nuka reo e rangona ana i ngā waiata a Hirini Melbourne, pērā i te ‘Noke neke nuku, niki naki nū ...’ (RMR 2017). / Alliteration is a literary device heard in the songs of Hirini Melbourne, such as ‘Noke neke nuku, niki naki nū ...’

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oropuare tārua

1. (noun) assonance.

Ko te oropuare tārua: Ka tāruaruatia tētahi oropuare, ētahi oropuare rānei i roto i te rerenga kōrero. Hei tauira, ko te 'oe' i ēnei rārangi o te waiata a Hirini Melbourne: Tēnā koe, kaua e moe, whakarongo ki te tangi a te koekoeā ... (RMR 2017). / Assonance: When a vowel or vowels in a song are repeated. For example the 'oe' in these lines of Hirini Melbourne's song: Tēnā koe, kaua e moe, whakarongo ki te tangi a te koekoeā ...

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tārua ā-matihiko

1. (verb) to extract digitally, rip.

Me tārua ā-matihiko, ka pupuri ai hei kōnae MP3 (RTP 2015:103). / It must be extracted digitally and retained as an MP3 file.

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Synonyms: kōreparepa, kauere, tīhaehae, tīhae, ngaeke


2. (noun) digital extraction.

Ko te tārua ā-matihiko te kapo i tētahi puoro, i tētahi ataata rānei me te tārua ki tētahi kōnae rorohiko, tētahi kōpae rānei (RTP 2015:103). / Digital extraction is the extraction of musical or visual content and the copying of it to a computer file or disc (RTP 2015:103).

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tārū

1. (verb) (-a) to overcome, beat.

Ka whati te whatinga; kore rawa i tā te manawa o Ngā Puhi, o Ngāti Kahungunu; e toru ngā whakahoki, kore rawa i tārū (JPS 1900:69). / The enemy retreated, but Ngā Puhi and Ngāti Kahungunu never stopped to take breath. There were three times the enemy turned on them, but Ngā Puhi never stopped.

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Synonyms: poke, kake, where, pāpā, wikitōria, whakatina, hinga, poko, raupatu, tae, takapapa, pārure, whakatūoi, mate, whara

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