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reorua

1. (verb) to be bilingual.

Ko tēnei te pōwhiri tuatahi ki a Tīmoti kia reorua āna kōrero ki tētahi rōpū Pākehā (HM 4/1990:4). / This was the first invitation to Tīmoti for his address to a Pākehā group to be bilingual.

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2. (adjective) be bilingual.

Ko tōna pāpā he kōrero Māori anake, engari te whaea he reorua (TTR 1998:134). / His father spoke only Māori but his mother was bilingual.

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3. (modifier) bilingual.

Ko ia tonu tētahi o ngā mema o te komiti nā rātou i waihanga te nūpepa reorua a 'Te Tiupiri' (TTR 1996:148). / He was one of the members of the committee that set up the bilingual newspaper 'The Jubilee'.

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