kei riri mai
1. don't be angry, my apologies.
Synonyms: (mō) taku hē, (mō) taku hē
(mō) taku hē, (mō) taku hē
1. my mistake, I apologise, my apologies, I'm sorry, sorry for my mistake - an idiom used to apologise for a mistake or oversight which resulted in the other person or people being affected. Sometimes the phrase is not repeated.
Mō taku hē, mō taku hē! Kāore kē au i mōhio i pīrangi kōrua ki te haere. / I sincerely apologise! I didn't realise that you two wanted to go.
Synonyms: kei riri mai
whakapāha
1. (verb) to exclaim in astonishment, sigh, express regret, apologise.
2. (noun) apology, regret.
Ka whiwhi te iwi ki tētahi paremata me tētahi whakapāha mō ngā whenua i raupatutia e te Karauna i te tekau tau atu i 1860 (Te Ara 2012). / The tribe obtained compensation and an apology for the land which was confiscated in the 1860s by the Crown.
