nāwai
1. presently, after a time, in due course, eventually - often followed by rā, or repeated.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 127-128;)
Nāwai rā kua whai taringa kē a Pēneti ki ngā kōrero muna e pā ana ki ngā mahi tōrangapū o Mareia (TTR 2000:20). / After a time Bennett was made the recipient of confidential information concerning the political activities of Malaya.
Ka haere nā te wā, nāwai, nāwai, ka whakawhitia te whare nui ki te whare pupuri taonga i te tau 1929 (TTR 1996:233). / Time passed and eventually the meeting house was transferred to the museum in 1929.
Synonyms: hai kō ake nei, ināianei, taro, taro ake, taro kau iho, nāwai, nāwai, (ā), ka ..., karo, i nāianei, ākuanei, ā kō kō ake nei, ā kō ake nei, ākuara, nāwai (rā) (ā), ka ..., ā muri ake nei, tākaro, i nāia nei
