He pukapuka kotahi tekau ma rua, twelve books.
Nga whare e wha tekau, the forty houses.
In speaking of persons, the numerals form rua to iwa inclusive, and the interrogative hia, may have toko- prefixed instead of e.
Examples.
Tokohia? how many?
Nga tangata tokoiwa, the nine men.
§ 26. Distributive. In using the numerals distributively prefix taki- to the simple numeral, thus:
Takirua, by twos, two and two.
Takitahi, singly, or by ones.