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• kaha

  1. (stative) be strong, able, capable, courageous, intense, energetic.   Kia kaha te mahi!Work energetically! See also kia kaha!.
  2. (noun) ability, power, strength, energy, stamina, intensity, volume (sound).   I tino whakamihi a Te Taute ki a Ngāti Porou mō tō rātou kaha ki te whakapai i ō rātou whenua, ki te whakatupu hipi, mō te papai o ā rātou teihana hipi, o ā rātou wūruheti (Pipi 12/1907 wh11).Mr Stout gave great praise to Ngāti Porou for their energy in improving their land, raising sheep and for the good state of their sheep stations and woolsheds.
  3. (particle) Sometimes used to intensify the quality or action when it is placed before another base, usually a verb or adjective.   I te kaha mamae o tōna waewae, ka totitoti haere te kuia ki te rata.Because her leg was so sore, the elderly lady limped off to the doctor. (Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-66;)