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ēkene

1. (particle) perhaps, there might be.

Tērā ka ua ā kō ake nei. Ēkene, inā te pōuri (HKK 1999:155). / It will rain soon. Perhaps, because it is dark.

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Synonyms: ākune, ākuni, ākuanei, ākene, pea, tērā pea, ākene pea, āpea, āwhai, tēnā pea, etia


2. you'll get it soon, you're in for it, you're in for the high jump - sometimes used as an idiom at the start of the sentence to indicate that the speaker is becoming tired of, or angry about, what someone or others have said or done and is warning them they will be in trouble if they don't stop.

Ékene ō paipa i a au ā kō ake nei! Ka whakatete tonu koe, ahakoa ngā tohutohu mai a te tākuta (HKK 1999:109). / I'll deal to your smokes soon! You continue to be perverse, despite the doctor's instructions.

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