pea
1. (particle) perhaps, maybe, might, possibly, probably, thereabouts, about, approximately - a particle that expresses uncertainty. In the phrase it comes after manner, directional and locative particles, if they are present.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 46;)
Nō te tau 1980 pea i haere ai au ki Ingarangi. / It was possibly 1980 when I went to England.
E whā tekau noa iho pea rātou (TTR 1990:78). / There were possibly just forty of them.
Synonyms: tērā pea, ākene pea, āwhai, tēnā pea, kei, pea iana, pea ina, ākuanei, ākene, ēkene, āpea, etia, ākune, ākuni
