e hoe ana tō waka ki whea?
1. you going on a long trip? - an idiom said to someone who has piled their plate up with food as if they are preparing for a long trip.
Kua hoki mai a Tame i te mahi, kua kotahi atu ki te tēpu kua hora i a Kui, ā, arā noa atu ngā kai ka utaina ki tana pereti. Kua mea ake a Kui, "Kātahi rā, e Tame! E hoe ana tō waka ki whea?" (HKK 1999:159). / Tame has returned from work and has gone straight to the table of food that Kui has laid out, and he has piled food onto his plate. Kui says to him, "Good heavens, Tame! You going on a long trip?"
