aua
1. (interjection) I don't know, how should I know? don't ask! - depending on the intonation, sometimes it indicates that the speaker isn't particularly interested in knowing, or that the question shouldn't be asked, or that it is inappropriate to ask the speaker that question.
Rangi: He aha te hāora e mutu ai te mahi a Hāromi? Pare: Aua. Tainakarehā, ko te whā karaka. Tainanahi, ko te ono (HKK 1999:168). / Rangi: What time does Hāromi finish work? Pare: I don't know. The day before yesterday it was four o'clock. Yesterday it was at six.
See also aua hoki, e aua hoki
2. (verb) to not know.
