tāpara
1. (loan) (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to double.
I roto i ngā tau e rima kua tāparatia ngā tāngata o te Hāhi i te maha o ngā mea hou kua huri mai ki te whakapono Karaitiana (TTT 1/5/1927:579). / In five years membership of the Church has doubled because many new ones have converted to the Christian faith.
2. (loan) (stative) be doubled.
Ko te nui o te Emepaea me te tokomaha o ngā tāngata kua tāpara (TP 11/1908:9). / The size of the Empire and the number of people has doubled.
3. (loan) (modifier) double, doubled.
Kāore ia i pīrangi ki te tohutō, engari e ai ki tāna, he mea pai atu te whakamahi i te tohu oro tāpara, takitoru rānei (TTR 2000:11). / He did not like the macron, preferring to use the double or triple vowel.
