1. my oath, you bet, yes indeed - an idiom used to agree strongly with a statement.
He tere atu ia i te tia ki te oma. Engari engari. Ko Hoani Wāka tōna matua. / She runs faster than a deer. Undoubtably. John Walker's her father.
Synonyms: ehara ehara
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