First Lessons in the Maori Language, with a Short Vocabulary

by W. L. Williams

4. By using the adjective whai, which signifies possessing, the thing possessed being used as another adjective qualifying whai.

Kua whai pukapuka koe? have you a book? (literally, have you become book-possessing?)

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[PART II.]

[VOCABULARY.]

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In pronunciation, unless a word is otherwise marked, always accentuate the first syllable.

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