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Grammar of the New Zealand Language

Of Order

Of Order.

  • I noho ai, he hau tetahi, he kai kore ka rua, (we) remained away 1st, (because of) the wind; 2ndly, (we) had no food.

  • Ka rua aku haerenga, I have gone twice, (lit. my goings have been two.)

  • Whakatepea te ko, kaua e pokapokaia, dig in regular progression, not here and there, (lit. ordina fossionem.)

  • Me haere wakatepe te korero, relate the matter in order, (lit. the speech must go in order.)

  • Hurihia ko roto, turn (it) inside out.

  • Hurihia kotuatia te papa, turn the board on the other side, upside down.

  • Matua, (Ngapuhi) first; kia matua keria, let it be first dug.

  • Mataati (Waikato) hopukia mataatitia, caught first.

  • Kua huri koaro te tangata wero,*

  • the tangata wero has turned adversely.

  • Ho mai ki raro nei, give it down here.

  • Kei haere ki tawhiti do not go far.

  • Whiua ki tua, throw it to the other side.

  • Neke atu ki tahaki, move to one side.

  • Kumea whakarunga, pull upwards.

  • Whakawaho, outwards.

  • Whakaroto, inwards.

  • A, tae noa ki te Pukatea, even to the Pukatea.

  • Haere iho, come down (to me).

  • Piki ake, climb up (to me).

  • Makā atu, thrown away.

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  • Rukea ake e ahau, throws away by me.

  • Makā mai, throw it here.

  • I te tahi taha i te tahi taha, (lit. on one side, on one side.) round about

  • A karapoinoa, (lit. until it surrounds) round about

  • A porowhawhe noa, id. round about

  • A potaipotai, id. round about

  • Pehea te mataratanga? how far?

  • A, hea atu ra ano? How far will you go?

  • A, hea noa atu, one knows not where. Tautauamoa rawa tana kai, tana kai, each man eats separately (i. e., by himself.)

  • Riri tautauamoa, fighting, each by himself. Kaua e ururuatia te whangai, don't feed (the child) in rapid succession, without any stop (tout de suite.)

  • Me whakahipahipa etahi rangi, (lit. let some days be made uneven,) i. e, do it every alternate day, or, at irregular periods.

  • Haere tahi, go together.

  • A, te tukunga iho, (well, the letting down, at last, finally,) i. e., the issue of such conduct, &c.

  • E kore e roko kainga kua ruaki, he vomits immediately, as soon as he has eaten (it).

  • I te orokohangaanga o te ao, when first the world was made.

  • Kati inanahi ka haere mai koe, stop yesterday you came here; i. e., you started about this time yesterday.

* The tangata were, is the person who advances to meet a party, and throws a spear at them. If, in turning to retire, he turns to the side different from that from which the spear was darted, it is a huri koaro, and a bad omen.