tēnā pea
1. perhaps, possibly, maybe, there is a possibility - a form used when placing pea at the beginning of a sentence or phrase.
Tēnā pea kei te tika te kōrero mō Te Heru, he wahine nā Hikareia (M 2006:262). / The statement about Te Heru that she was a wife of Hikareia may be correct.
Otirā kua kohi moni ngā Māori o Rotorua hei oranga mō aua tāngata, ko ngā Pākehā hoki i kohikohi anō. Tēnā anō pea e haere ki ētahi wāhi o te motu kohikohi ai (TWMNT 27/3/1877:78). / But the Māori of Rotorua have collected money, and Pākehā have also contributed. They will probably go to other parts of the country to make collections.
Synonyms: pea, tērā pea, ākene pea, āwhai, ākune, ākuni, ākuanei, ākene, ēkene, āpea, etia
