(e) kore e hapa
1. without a doubt, no doubt, there is no doubt, doubtless - an idiom to indicate that the speaker really believes something he is about to say.
Mehemea ka neke whaka-te-tonga ake ia, e kore e hapa ka hau tōna rongo i Te Moana-a-Raukawa, i te mahi whakawhitiwhiti taonga mō te pū, i ngā kaipuke e toro mai ana (TTR 1990:298). / If he moved south, without a doubt his fame would spread from the Cook Strait, by trading goods for guns with the ships visiting.
Kore e hapa ka mīere a Tou mā i te pōtitanga ā tērā tau (HKK 1999:150). / There is no doubt that Tou and co. will be beaten in the election next year.
See also kāore e hapa
Synonyms: āe rā, kāore e hapa, kāore e kore
