2. (particle) to, that - to indicate a purpose, wish, or effect. Used in this way if the second verb is passive or a stative, or if the subject of the subordinate clause is different from that of the main clause, i.e. the person, people, thing or things doing the actions in the two parts of the sentence are different. Kia may be used if the person, people, thing or things doing the action in the two parts of the sentence are the same, or is part of a group, if an appropriate personal pronoun is used, e.g. as in the second example sentence.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 98;)
I tonoa rātou kia waiata. / They were asked to sing.
E hiahia ana a Wī kia haere ia ki te wānanga reo (HJ 2017:179). / Wī wanted to go to the Māori language live-in school.
3. (particle) be, let be - indicates that it is desirable for something to occur. Used this way in giving commands involving adjectives (statives) and experience verbs.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 27, 58;)
See also kia kaha
4. (particle) Used to ask and say how many things are needed.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 63;)
Kia hia ngā tīkiti māu? Kia rua. / How many tickets do you need? Two, please.
5. (particle) not yet.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 56-57;)
See also kāore anō ... kia
Synonyms: kīanō
6. (particle) so that, in order that.
See also kia ... ai, kia kore ai ... e ...
8. (particle) so that ... will not/would not.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 31-32;)
See also kia kore ai ... e ...
2. (interjection) Hello (literal translation - be well) (to any number of people). Kia ora can mean hello, good morning, good afternoon and thank you (PQ 2020: 62).
kia kaha
1. go for it then - sometime used idiomatically to suggest that there are risks involved.
Pare: I kī mai taku kuia kia kaua e parea taku tuarā ki ngā ngaru o te moana. Rangi: Kāore au e whakarongo ki a ia. Pare: Ā kāti, kia kaha (HKK 1999:60). / Pare: My grandmother told me not to turn my back to the waves. Rangi: I wouldn't listen to her. Pare: Oh well, go for it then.
2. be strong, get stuck in, keep going.
Kei te hāparangi tonu te waha o taku hoa, "Kia tere te haere o tō tāua waka, e Hēmi. Kia kaha te takahi atu!" (HP 1991;145). / My companion shouted out, "We'd better speed up, Hēmi. Put your foot down!"
Synonyms: oke
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)
kāore anō ... kia
1. (negative) has not yet, have not yet - the usual negative for affirmative sentences that begin with kua. While anō is usually present it is sometimes omitted. Kia may be replaced by i. There is usually a change in word order from the affirmative sentence, although this is not essential.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 56;)
See also kia
kia kaua ... e ...
1. (particle) that ... should not ... - used in indirect commands.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 64-65;)
I reira ētahi tāngata e whakahē ana ki tēnei, kia kaua tātou e haere ki Hawai‘i. / There were some people there who objected to this, that we should not go to Hawai‘i.
See also kia
kia ... (mai) (hoki) ...
1. what a - an idiom to emphasise a characteristic of a person or quality of something, both good and bad.
See also kia [pai] mai (hoki)
kia kore ai ... e ...
1. (particle) so that ... will not/would not.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 31-32;)
I kumea mai e rātou a 'Tākitimu' ki uta rawa, kia kore ai e riro i te tai. / They pulled Tākitimu right up the beach so that it would not be carried away by the tide.
See also kia
kia ara te ua
1. keep your head up, don’t give up, be proud.
Hei aha māu ngā hanihani a ētahi atu, kia ara te ua, ā, e oke tonu. / Don’t let the disparaging comments of others bother you, keep your head up and keep going.
Synonyms: karatete, whakahī, whakahīhī, poho kererū
