tāpara
1. (loan) (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to double.
I roto i ngā tau e rima kua tāparatia ngā tāngata o te Hāhi i te maha o ngā mea hou kua huri mai ki te whakapono Karaitiana (TTT 1/5/1927:579). / In five years membership of the Church has doubled because many new ones have converted to the Christian faith.
2. (loan) (stative) be doubled.
Ko te nui o te Emepaea me te tokomaha o ngā tāngata kua tāpara (TP 11/1908:9). / The size of the Empire and the number of people has doubled.
3. (loan) (modifier) double, doubled.
Kāore ia i pīrangi ki te tohutō, engari e ai ki tāna, he mea pai atu te whakamahi i te tohu oro tāpara, takitoru rānei (TTR 2000:11). / He did not like the macron, preferring to use the double or triple vowel.
2. (noun) desire, aspiration, wish.
Ko te tāpara, ko te matanā kei te mārama, ko te whakatutuki kei te mārama nā reira okea ururoatia! (HM 3/1995:6). / The wish and desire is clear, and how to achieve it is understood, so get on with it!
