162 



Transactions. 



items have become four ; ka rima = they have become five, 

 a new state of things is attained. Hence I should write this 

 method of countmg as follows, — 



Ka tahi 

 Ka rua 

 Ka toru 

 Ka wha 

 Ka rima 



Ka ono 



Ka whitu 



Ka waru 



Ka iwa 



Ka ngahuru, or ka tekau, 



and not look upon ka as a true prefix. 



Ordinals. 

 The ordinal numbers are formed by prefixing tna to the 

 numerals. 



Tua-tahi 



Tua-rua 



Tua-toru 



Tua-wha 



Tua-rima 



= first. 

 = second. 

 = third. 

 = fourth. 

 = fifth. 



These terms are usually written without the hyphen, as 

 tuatahi, tuarua, &c. 



Ao-ain, we often hear Natives using the definite article 

 before the cardinals to express the ordinals, and dropping the 

 prefix tua: as, te rifua = the fifth; te ono = the sixth ; &c. 



The prefix toko is used only in speaking of persons. It is 

 prefixed to the numerals two to nine inclusive, and not to one 

 or ten. Thus, in speaking of persons, the numerals are thus 

 used (see Table No. 3) :— 



During a residence of eleven years' duration among the 

 Tuhoe Tribe, once only have I heard toko prefixed to tahi. 

 Toko was not prefixed to ngahuru, but the term ti-ngahurri 

 was applied to persons only. 



Toko is also prefixed to the interrogative numeral hia : 

 Tokohianga tangata = Iio\\ many persons? And also to the 

 words iti (few, a small number), 7naha (many), ouou (few), 

 and a few others, but only when speaking of persons : He 

 tokoniaha nga tangata kua tae mai = Many persons have 

 arrived. 



Tekau (ten) is often preceded by kotahi (one) in these 

 days, hence kotahi tekaii (one ten) is the usual method of 

 denoting that number. It would seem, however, that this 

 has only obtained in late times — i.e., since tekaic has been 

 adopted to express ten, which figure has now become the 

 basis of Maori numeration. Kotahi tekau (one ten) is quite a 



