pūrua
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to do a second time, repeat, double up, duplicate, confirm, reduplicate, copy.
Nā Gottfried Lindauer i whakairo tōna āhua, engari he mea tuhi pūrua kē pea mai i tētehi whakaahua (TTR 1994:122). / He is depicted in a portrait by Gottfried Lindauer, but it was probably copied from a photograph.
2. (modifier) by twos, in pairs, two by two.
3. (noun) pair, doubling, doubling up, repetition.
Engari, koirā pea tētahi huarahi mō ngā mea e ako ana i te reo Māori, arā, ko te pūrua i ngā oropuare (HM 1/1993). / But perhaps that is a way for the ones learning Māori, that is doubling the vowels.
Synonyms: takirua, tōpū, tāruatanga, tukurua, tuaruatanga, tokorua, tāruarua, huirua, pea
4. (noun) junction (of streams and rivers), confluence.
Ko Taumata‑ō-hē pā i te pūrua o ngā awa o Mangatahi, o Maraekākaho me Ngaruroro i Heretaunga (TTR 1994:135). / Taumata-ō-hē pā is at the confluence of the Mangatahi Stream, Maraekākaho and the Ngaruroro River in Hawke's Bay.
5. (noun) power of two, squared (maths).
