tarepa
1. (verb) to be incomplete, wanting (in number), in deficit.
Mehemea e tarepa ana tētahi wāhi o ēnei whakaatu, āta tapia mai, āta haukahatia mai, kia oti pai ai taua kaupapa kōrero i runga i te pai, i te tika (TPH 31/7/1902:3). / If a section of this information is deficient, please amend it so that the narrative is correct.
2. (verb) to be hanging loose, hanging in tatters, torn.
Ko aku weruweru ka tarepa noa i raro (W 1971:390). / My clothes just hung down in tatters.
3. (adjective) be incomplete, wanting (in number).
He tarepa ngā mauhanga o ngā pikinga takitahitanga a Pahikore i ngā maunga, ā, nā te maha o ngā tuhinga rerekētanga i tōna ingoa, i kaha kē atu ai te pōkaikaha (TTR 1996:217) / Records of Pahikore's individual mountain climbs are incomplete and there are so many versions of his name which has added to the confusion.
4. (noun) deficit, overdraft.
