ka mau te wehi! Play
1. (interjection) how terrible! how terrific! fantastic! awesome! how frightening - often used to praise something or someone's work. Sometimes also used to express the opposite or to express awe, amazement or fear.
Ka mau te wehi o ngā waituhi a Ralph Hōtere. / Ralph Hōtere's paintings are fantastic.
(Te Pihinga
Textbook (Ed. 2):
106; Te Pihinga
Audio Tapes/CDs (Ed. 2):
exercise 40; Te Kōhure
Textbook (Ed. 2):
196;)
