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tāpiripiri

1. (verb) (-a) to add to, bring together.

Kei waenganui pū i te pā o Rātana ko Te Temepara Tapu o Ihoa, ā, koinei te kāmaka e tāpiripiri ai ngā mōrehu o Rātana (Te Ara 2017). / Right at the centre of Rātana Pā is The Holy Temple of Jehovah, which is the focal point bringing the scattered remnant of Rātana together.
Kua tāpiripiria anō te angaanga pāua ki tōna rae hei tohu mō te tokowhitu a Matariki (Te Ara 2017). / Pāua shell has also been added to his forehead to symbolise the seven stars of the Pleiades.

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2. (modifier) additional, extra, supplementary.

Kātahi ka whiwhi rātau i ngā moni tāpiripiri a te kāwanatanga (TTR 2000:210). / Then they obtained government subsidies.

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3. (noun) accumulation.

Synonyms: whakawhāiti

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