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anō te pai!

1. (interjection) that's excellent! great! fantastic!.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 196;)

te pai kē!

1. that's excellent! great! fantastic!.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 196;)

he inati te [pai]

1. exceptionally [good] - used to acknowledge an exceptional amount of any quality, both good and bad.

Na, ko ngā kōrero ēnā a ngā mōrehu o Mōhaka. He inati tō rātou toa (TWM 22/4/1969:4). / Those were the accounts of the survivors of Mōhaka. Their bravery was extraordinary.

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ka mau te pai

1. (interjection) that's excellent, great, fantastic.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 196;)

tino kino te pai

1. quite the best, too much, that's great - an idiomatic expression.

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