ki te ai he ...
1. if in fact, if there should be, should there be.
He nui rawa aua pukapuka, ā e mahara ana ia e kore te Whare e pai kia whakapaua ngā moni e pau i te mahi whakatū i aua pukapuka ki te reo Māori. Engari ki te ai he pukapuka i roto i aua pukapuka e tino hiahiatia ana e taua mema (a Taiaroa) kia whakatūria ki te reo Maori, ka whakaae te Kāwanatanga ki tēnā (TWMNT 16/11/1875:271). / There are too many of those documents, and he thought the House would not use money to translate those documents into Māori. But should there be a particular document that the member (Taiaroa) really wants to be translated into Māori, the Government would agree to that.
Mā te tohunga e kimi mai te puna wai, ki te ai he puna wai i reira (HJ 2012:193). / The expert will look for the spring of water, if in fact there is a spring there.
