Sometimes, also, ake is employed to designate a motion by another towards some place with which the speaker is in connexion; e. g.,
- Ka mea, ka haere ake ki Waitemata, follow me by and bye to Waitemata.
- He aha te tikina ake ai he ti ma te turoro nei? why has not tea been fetched (from my residence) for this patient?
- E puta mai, ka karanga ake ki a au, when he comes you will call to me, (who am now going away).
Under these two last rules should, perhaps, be mentioned the following examples:
- Tangohia ake te ngarara i taku tuara, take the insect off my back.
- Ma koutou e urunga ake, do you of the bow of the canoe steer, i. e., so paddle that the stern, where I am, may be directed rightly.
Note 1.—There are other subordinate meanings of ake and iho, of which examples have been given under the adverbs, and which do not, we think, require any further notice.
Note 2.—Ake and iho are often used after verbs, in a manner somewhat corresponding to that of the verbal particles. (vid. verbs. S.)
Ai is a particle of great use. It is chiefly employed as a substitute for the relatives who, which, what, and has reference to the time, place, manner, cause, means, intention, &c., of an action; as in the following examples:
- No te ra horoi whare i haere mai ai, started for here on Saturday.
- I tona kitenga ai, when it was seen.
- Te whare i moe ai ia, the house in which he slept.
- Te peheatanga i meatia ai, the way in which it was done.
- Te take i patua ai, the cause for which he was beaten.
- Ma te aha e ora ai? by what means be saved?
- I tuhituhi ai au nau hoki i utu i ena riwai, I have written to you because you paid for the other potatoes.
Occasionally, however, it is heard as a simple expletive; e. g.,
- I mua ai, formerly.