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• kaua

  1. (interjection) do not, don't, had better not - for negative commands. Other dialectal forms include aua, kauaka and kauraka.   Kaua koe e haere!Don't you go! (Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 67;Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 40-41;) See also auaka, kauaka, kauraka.
  2. (interjection) should not - used in negation following kia.   Me whakatū he pōti mō te waipiro, kia whakaaetia, kia kaua e whakaaetia ki Te Rohe Pōtae.A referendum should be held as to whether or not alcohol should be allowed into the King Country.
  3. (interjection) must not - sometimes used in negation following me.   Me kaua a Kura-mōnehu e tere te whakaae atu ina tono a Rōra kia moe rāua.Kura-mōnehu shouldn't be in a hurry to agree when Rōra requests that they wed.
  4. (interjection) Used when negating a single phrase, not the whole sentence.   Nō te Rātapu ia i haere ai, kaua i te Rāhoroi.She went on Sunday, not Saturday.