hoea tō waka
1. paddle your canoe, go on then and do it, go ahead then, go for it, please yourself, you're on your own - an idiom to support or criticise someone's proposed action or idea. It sometimes implies that the person won't listen to advice but will find out eventually from his/her mistakes.
Tama: Ahakoa āu tohutohu, kei te haere tonu au ki Initonīhia. Pāpā: Hoea tō waka, e tama. Kaua e waea mai ki a au ina ka haria koe ki te whare herehere i reira. / Son: Despite your advice, I'm still going to Indonesia. Father: Go ahead then, son. But don't phone me when you're carted off to prison there.
Synonyms: e oke ([koe]) i [tō] oke
hoe
1. (verb) (-a) to paddle, row.
Ka hoe mātau ki te ngutuawa (HP 1991:16). / We paddled to the river mouth.
See also kaihoe
Synonyms: hīrau, tararau, kapa, tatauranga, whakanehenehe, ripa, tūtira, rārangi
2. (verb) (-a) to push away.
Tōna pānga atu ki a ia ka hoea mai (W 1971:55). / When he touched her he was pushed away.
Synonyms: whakatāuke
3. (noun) paddle, oar.
Kua eke te punga, kua mau ki ngā hoe, kua kori katoa, kua korero i tō rātou reo (TP 1/1911:5). / When the anchor was aboard, they took hold of their oars and they all moved into action and spoke their language.
