Dictionary of the New Zealand Language, and a Concise Grammar ...

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Williams and Norgate, 1852 - 323 pages
"Second edition of Māori dictionary, with additional English-Māori section"--BIM.
 

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Page xi - NOUNS have two Numbers ; the Singular and the Plural. The Plural is formed by prefixing the particle nga to the singular. Examples. ika a fish nga ika fishes inu oil » "V^ nga ínú oils kai sweet; potatoe, nga' kai sweet potatoes wai water nga wai waters wáo nail nga wáo nails wáre house nga wáre houses.
Page xii - OF GENDER. The distinction of Gender, in this language, is generally made by adding the word signifying male or female. The words which denote the different sexes are the following ; viz. Tane— a male as he is in alliance with the female, or as he is the husband of a wife.
Page xxix - Tenses. The present tense is formed by ka before the verb, or by e before and ana after it. As Ka rere te haipuke ki Omaha, The ship sails to Omaha.
Page xxiv - VERBS. These are of three kinds, active, neuter, and causative, each of which admits of the passive voice. The passive is formed by adding to the active one of the following terminations : — a, ia, tia, hia, kia, ria, na, ina, ngia.
Page xv - Te rua or Tuarua . . . The second. Te tekau The tenth. Te tekau ma tahi . . . The eleventh. Te rua tekau, or » ~, . .. ., Te rua о nga tekau» ' ' The **>***«**. Te tora tekau .... The thirtieth.
Page v - ... with as much brevity as the nature of the subject will allow.
Page xxxiii - The Passive form is generally used to express the Imperative Mood, as ; Karangatia e koe te tamaiti, Let the child be called by thee.
Page xii - He matua tane, a father. He matua wahine, a mother. He pononga tane, a man servant.
Page 30 - To uncover ; to draw aside. Hura te kakahu ; Let the garment be drawn aside.

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