Kia kaha

Ko kia kaha he kīanga Māori e whakamahia whānuitia ana e te iwi o Aotearoa hei kupu whakakaha, arā, kia ū, kia manawanui. He tino tikanga tō tēnei kīanga ki te Māori: i rongonui ai nā te whakamahinga a te 28th Māori Battalion i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, ā, kei roto hoki i ngā taitara pukapuka, waiata, me ngā pepeha.

I te taha reo, e rua ngā wāhanga o kia kaha: ko kia, he kupu ā-wairua e tohu ana i te hiahia kia tutuki tētahi āhuatanga; ā, ko kaha, arā, te pakari, te kaha rānei.Winifred Bauer, 1997. The Reed Reference Grammar of Māori. Reed, page 99. Ko kaha nō te kupu Proto-Polynesian kafa, e tohu ana i te “pakari” me te “nui”; ko kafa anō hoki te kupu o taua wā mō te taura kaha i whatua mai i te muka kokonati (hei tauira, i te reo Hawaiʻi: ʻaha), he taura i whakamahia hei here waka, hei here rākau, hei here whare hoki.Winifred Bauer, 1997. The Reed Reference Grammar of Māori. Reed, page 99.

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