- Haria etahi kanga hei o mou, take some corn as viaticum for you. Hei aha tena? hei rewa mo te poti; what is that for? as a mast for the boat. Kowai hei tiki? who is to fetch (it)?
Sometimes we hear the following:
- Aua hei pena: do not so.
3. Occasionally, but rarely, it is used to denote frequent action; e. g.
- Ko wai hei ruke tonu i nga riwai nei, who is this that is continually throwing about the potatoes?
Note.—A very strange use of this preposition is to be found in some parts of the south-eastern coast; as in the following examples:—
- Haere koe hei rakau, go fetch a stick. Haere koe hei wai, go fetch water.
On the western coast such an address would be a most offensive curse.
O, of; e. g.
- Te whare o Hone, the house of John.