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tēnā anō

1. (interjection) try it again, do it again, have another go - a request to say or do something again.

(E waiata ana te tamaiti ki ana mātua - he pao i ākona i te kura. Heoi, ka tapepe.) Pāpā: Tēnā anō. Kia kaha. (E mea ana te pāpā kia whakahokia, kia mahia anō e te tamaiti tana waiata.) (HJ 2012:158). / (The child is singing to her parents - a ditty learnt at school. However she's faltered.) Dad: Have another go. Keep it up. (The father is saying to do it again, for the child to do her song again.)

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