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,[21] 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.
- Rukea ake e ahau, thrown away by me.
- Makā mai, throw it here.
| I te tahi taha i te tahi taha, | } | |
| (lit. on one side, on one side.) | ||
| A karapoi noa, (lit. until it surrounds) | round about. | |
| A porowhawhe noa, id. | ||
| A potaipotai, id. |
- 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.