Kia kaua ahau e pupuri, that I may not hold.
2. With "kei".
Kei pupuri ahau, let me not hold, or, lest I should hold.
Kei kore ahau e pupuri, lest I should not hold. (This negative is only used in dependent sentences.)
Pupuri! or E pupuri! hold!
Kaua e pupuri! do not hold!
§ 44. Infinitive Mood. This is merely the verb treated as a noun, always attended by one or other of the definitives.
Examples.
He aha tana? He pupuri i to hoiho. What is his object? To hold your horse.