e hoa

English

Etymology

From Maori e (“vocative particle”) + hoa (“friend, companion”).

Noun

e hoa (uncountable)

  1. (New Zealand, as a form of address) Mate, friend. [from 19th c.]
    • 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 205:
      “I wouldn't know, e hoa, I truly wouldn't know.”
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