tāreparepa
1. (verb) to be hanging loosely.
Nā te aha ianei i puare tonu ai te matapihi o te whare, i pakaru tonu ai te taiapa, i parori tonu ai te kēti, i tautau ai ngā waea o te taiapa, i tāreparepa tonu ai te hikurere? (TP 2/1909:3). / Just what was the reason that the window of the house remained open, the fence was still broken, the gate still crooked, the wires of the fence were slack and the shawl hung loosely.
2. (modifier) loose, baggy.
Paupau ana ēnei moni i te waipiro i ngā rā i a Wiapo i reira. Ngā whakautu mō ērā moni, he waha piro, he ānini, he tangi, he tūhauwiri, he ngau poho, he poho tīangoango, he kākahu tāreparepa, he karu toretore, he arero hōripi, he ihu parehe, he ngutu pupuhi, he haere wharara, he tupu heke, me te tini atu o tā te waipiro whakautu mō te moni a te tangata e rukea noatia ana mō tērā kaiwhakahātana (KO 15/12/1884:3). / While Wiapo was there, this money was wasted on liquor. The results of that money were bad breath, dizziness, despondency, shivering, chest pains, contraction of the chest, loose clothing, eye inflammation, lacerated tongues, flat noses, swollen lips, walking with a stoop, social decline and many other effects of alcohol from the money cast about for those temptations.
Synonyms: ngoru, tangatanga, tatere, moepuku, mātangatanga, korokoro, tāngengangenga, tāwēwē, kaewa, hāngengangenga, hūngorungoru, tāngāngā, tangara, tangoro, tītengi
