Of Quantity

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Of Quantity.

  • Ho mai kia maha, give abundantly.

  • Ho mai katoa mai, give entirely, or wholly.

  • Tena hoki te tahi taro, give me also, or besides, some bread.

  • Ho mai kia iti, give me (let it be little), paululum.

  • Kia penei, let it be so much.

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  • Poto rawa, consumed totally.

  • Koia ano te pai! how excellent!

  • Ano! &c., idem.

  • Roa poto nei ano, (long short,) i. e., moderately long.

  • Kahore atu, no other besides.

  • Tikina atu hoki, fetch another besides.

  • I ki mai ano hoki ia, he said moreover.

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Title: Grammar of the New Zealand Language

Author: R. Maunsell

Publication details: W. C. Wilson, 1862

Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection

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