Of Comparison
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Of Comparison.
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Meatia, or peneitia, do it thus,
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Meatia, or penatia do it in that manner.
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Meatia, or peratia do it in that manner.
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Penei, kua ora, thus, (in that case, if that had been done) he would have been saved.
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Koia ano tena, exactly so.
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Me mahi motuhake, work separately.
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Haere ana ia, ko tona kotahi, he went by himself, alone.
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Waihoki, likewise, also.
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Ano kua mate, as though he were dead.
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Mo te mea, &c. (Waikato) idem.
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Koia ano kei te wai, exactly as if it were water.
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Haere a parera, walk like a duck.*
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Kia wakatangata nui, act manfully.
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Wakatupu tangata, idem.
* Some foreigners, we observe, give this adverb a more extensive meaning than we have allowed it. In such phrases, for example, as the following; “Held by the hand,” “built by the hand,” &c., they would say “purutia a ringaringatia,” “hanga a ringaringa.” We are, however, decidedly of opinion that such expressions are very rare in genuine Maori. “Purutia ringaringatia, hanga a it ringa,” are, we consider, in every way preferabl
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