paparua
1. (verb) (-tia) to be double, overlay.
E mōhio ana hoki rātou ko ngā pauna moni e pau ana i te mahinga rori, ā rātou rānei, a te Kāwanatanga rānei, ka paparua ake te utu mō ngā eka katoa o tō rātou whenua (TW 12/3/1875:41). / And they know that every pound used in road making, of theirs, or of the Government, doubles the value of every acre of their land.
2. (verb) (-tia) to repeat, reiterate, restate.
Tau rawa ki te tau 1890 kua tīmata te heke haere o te ora o Taiwhanga, ā, ko te āhua o āna totohe i tukua e ia ki te Pāremata i taua wā, paparua noa, kore kiko noa āna kōrero (TTR 1994:111). / In 1890 Taiwhanga's health had begun to decline, and the nature of his debates delivered in Parliament at that time were repetitive and his speeches lacked substance.
3. (modifier) double, dual, duplicate, co-.
Hei tiamana paparua anō hoki a ia mō te Kaupapa Mātauranga mō te Iwi Māori o te takiwā o Ākarana (TTR 2000:235). / He was also co-chairman for the Māori Education Foundation of the Auckland region.
