§ 33.

When using an ordinal as an adjective in immediate connexion with a noun, prefix tua-^* to the simple numeral from one to nine, thus:

• Te tangata tuatahi, the first man.

Above nine, without tua-, thus:

• Te tekau o nga manu, the tenth of the birds, or the tenth bird.

• Te rua tekau ma toru o nga whare, the twenty-third of the houses, or the twenty-third house.