- Mo nga haererenga ki reira ko era kai, that when I go there, there may be food (ready for me); i. e. I cultivate at that place that I may have food when I visit it. Vid. S.
MA. The active form of mo. (Vid. S.) It implies always future time.
1. For.
- Ma wai tena kuri? for whom is that dog?
2. By or more strictly, for,
- Ma Hone e patu, let it be killed by John; lit. let the killing be for John.
3. By, (what means, &c.)
- Ma te whakapono ka ora ai, by faith shall (we) be saved.
4. Sometimes it is used to denote a simple future:
- Maku e korero, I will speak (to him.)