2. (verb) what happened to - passive of aha.
Kaua e waiho ō hū ki waho, kei uaina, kei kaikainga e te kurī, kei ahatia rānei (HJ 2012:175). / Don't leave your shoes outside in case they are rained on, gnawed by the dog, or whatever.
See also aha
kia ahatia
1. what can be done, so what, what business is it of yours, what's it got to do with you, what does it matter, never mind - an idiom used to indicate a lack of interest by the speaker for the comments of another person because they are of little importance.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 115;)
I kī taurangi koe ka whakaaetia au kia haere ki te pikitia. Kia ahatia! Me noho koe ki te whakaoti i ō mahi mō te kura. / You promised that I would be allowed to go to the film. So what! You must stay and finish your homework.
Synonyms: hai aha!, hei aha koa, aua atu (rā)
kia ahatia ai [koe]
1. what business is it of yours, what's it got to do with you, why should it be my concern, so what, what do you want me to do about it - an idiom to indicate that the speaker has no interest in the matter being raised.
Rangi: Kei te mōhio au ki ngā whakautu tika ki te rārangi pātai nei. Pare: Kia ahatia ai koe? (HKK 1999:90). / Rangi: I know the right answers to this list of questions. Pare: So what do you want me to do about it?
aha
1. (verb) (-tia) to do what? treated in what fashion? to do anything.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 14, 28, 43-44, 99;)
E kui, me aha au? Me haere ki te whare wānanga, me āwhina i a Pāpā ki ngā mahi o te pāmu, me aha rānei? / Gran, what should I do? Should I go to university, help Dad with the work of the farm, or what?
I ahatia koe? / What happened to you?
See also tūpātai
2. Used with various particles for particular meanings.
Kua kaha te whiua o te pātai he aha tēnei mea te kaumātua me aha rawa rānei te tangata e kaumātua ai ki te titiro a te tangata? (HM 4/1998:2). / What a 'kaumātua' is, or what a person should do to be regarded by people as a 'kaumātua', are very popular questions.
See also he aha te aha, ehara i te mea he aha, hai aha!, hai aha?, hei aha, hei aha!, he aha?, kāore he aha, mā te aha, me te aha, me aha hoki, me aha koa, hei aha atu, hei aha koa, he aha hoki, ahakoa he aha, hei aha [tāu], he aha ... i ... ai, he aha ... e ... ai, tua-
3. (modifier) what sort?.
Tau: He hōiho aha tōna? Ira: He paipōro, he hōiho rata tonu - he pai mō ngā tamariki (HJ 2012:174). / Tau: What sort of horse does he have? Ira: A piebald, and quite a placid horse - good for the children.
4. (noun) what?.
5. (noun) anything whatsoever, and other, and others, et cetera.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 115;)
Ka kainga e rāua te poaka, te pikopiko, te aha, te aha. / They ate pork, fern shoots and other foods.
6. (noun) anything, nothing - especially after a negative.
Ehara i te aha. / It's nothing.
Ka pērā tonu ngā kōhine o tērā taipakeke - ka wheke mō te aha te take (HJ 2012:178). / Girls of that age are like that - they become angry for nothing.
Synonyms: kore noa iho, korekore, kāore kau, kore
