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e hawa (e hawa)

1. no way, you're joking, you're kidding, get away - an idiom to express disbelief about something the speaker has just heard. It usually follows another idiom ehara (ehara) (yes indeed) used by another speaker.

Rangi: E mea ana koe he pai noa atu koutou i a Rangiwewehi? Pare: Ehara, ehara. Rangi: E hawa, e hawa! (HKK 1999:64). / Rangi: Are you saying that you are way better than Rangiwewehi? Pare: You bet. Rangi: No way!

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Synonyms: weta, i neki, tōu ene, auare ake, e, he aha hoki

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