Grammar of the New Zealand Language
Of Quantity
Of Quantity.
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Ho mai kia maha, give abundantly.
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Ho mai katoa mai, give entirely, or wholly.
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Tena hoki te tahi taro, give me also, or besides, some bread.
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Ho mai kia iti, give me (let it be little), paululum.
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Kia penei, let it be so much.
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Poto rawa, consumed totally.
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Koia ano te pai! how excellent!
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Ano! &c., idem.
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Roa poto nei ano, (long short,) i. e., moderately long.
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Kahore atu, no other besides.
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Tikina atu hoki, fetch another besides.
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I ki mai ano hoki ia, he said moreover.