A Grammar and Vocabulary of the Language of New Zealand.
1. Cardinal Numbers
1. Cardinal Numbers.
1 | Ko táhi | One |
2 | Ka dúa | Two |
3 | Ka tódu | Three |
4 | Ka wá | Four |
5 | Ka díma | Five |
6 | Ka óno | Six |
7 | Ka wítu | Seven |
8 | Ka wádu | Eight |
9 | Ka íwa | Nine |
10 | Ka nga údu | Ten. |
Ka te kau; ko táhi | Numerals counted once, or Ten |
1 | Ma táhi | and one |
2 | Ma dúa | and two |
3 | Ma tódu | and three |
4 | Ma wá | and fourpage 18 |
5 | Ma díma | and five |
6 | Ma óno | and six |
7 | Ma wítu | and seven |
8 | Ma wádu | and eight |
9 | Ma íwa | and nine |
10 | Ma nga údu | and ten. |
Ka te kau; ka dúa | Numerals counted twice, or Twenty. |
After the same manner will all the Tens be performed, till we arrive at a Hundred, which is the tenth number of Ten so taken. This last tenth, or the number One Hundred, is termed Ka rau; after which the same process will again be ten times repeated, till we arrive at a Thousand, which is termed Ka máno.
10 | Ko táhi te kau | Ten |
20 | Ka dúa te kau | Twenty |
30 | Ka tódu te kau | Thirty |
40 | Ka wá te kau | Forty |
50 | Ka díma te kau | Fifty |
60 | Ka óno te kau | Sixty |
70 | Ka wítu te kau | Seventy |
80 | Ka wádu te kau | Eighty |
90 | Ka íwa te kau | Ninety |
100 | Ka rau | Hundred |
200 | Ka dúa rau | Two Hundredpage 19 |
300 | Ka tódu rau | Three hundred |
400 | Ka wá rau | Four hundred |
500 | Ka díma rau | Five hundred |
600 | Ka óno rau | Six hundred |
700 | Ka wítu rau | Seven hundred |
800 | Ka wádu rau | Eight hundred |
900 | Ka íwa rau | Nine hundred |
1000 | Ka máno | Thousand |
2000 | Ka dúa máno, &c. | Two thousand. |
Note.—Any Number indefinitely great is called Tíni.*
The New Zealanders count by pairs, as well as single numbers. These different methods are called in their language,
Tatau ta ki táhi, Counting by single numbers, and
Tatau ta ki dúa, Counting by pairs.
In translating the method of counting by pairs, say, one pair, instead of the word one; ten pairs, instead of the word ten; &c.
1 | Ko táhi | One |
2 | Ka dúa | Two |
3 | Ka tódu | Threepage 20 |
4 | Ka wá | Four |
5 | Ka díma | Five |
6 | Ka óno | Six |
7 | Ka wítu | Seven |
8 | Ka wádu | Eight |
9 | Ka íwa | Nine |
10 | Ka nga údu,—Ka te kau | Ten |
11 | Ka nga údu, ma táhi | Eleven |
12 | Ka nga údu, ma dúa | Twelve |
13 | Ka nga údu, ma tódu | Thirteen |
14 | Ka nga údu, ma wá | Fourteen |
15 | Ka nga údu, ma díma | Fifteen |
16 | Ka nga údu, ma óno | Sixteen |
17 | Ka nga údu, ma wítu | Seventeen |
18 | Ka nga údu, ma wádu | Eighteen |
19 | Ka nga údu, ma íwa | Nineteen |
20 | Ka dúa te kau | Twenty |
21 | Ka dúa te kau, ma táhi | Twenty-one |
56 | Ka díma te kau, ma óno | Fifty-six |
88 | Ka wádu te kau, ma wádu, | Eighty-eight |
150 | Ko táhi rau, ma díma te kau, | One hundred and fifty |
504 | Ka díma rau, ma wá | Five hundred and four. |