254 PHILOLOGY. 



In Rarotongan and Mangarevan, the pronouns are the same as in New Zealand, with 

 the exception of the first, which is ait. The missionaries also write kotou, in Rarotongan, 

 instead of koutou. la in the nominative after a verb becomes aia ; the rest remain 

 unchanged. Ku is used in the accusative of the first person singular, after the preposi- 

 tions kia and ia, as kiaku, to me ; iaku, me. 



The Paumotuan varies considerably from the rest, some of the words having a pecu- 

 liar form, as 



SINGULAR. DUAL. PLURAL. 



au mawja or maita mateu 



taur/a or taua tateu 



koe korua koutou 



ia raita rateu 



The Tahitian pronouns are 



vau maua matou 



taua tatou 



'oe 'onto, 'outou 



'oia raua ratou 



Vau has in the dative 'ia'u, in the accusative ia'u ; 'oia is used in the nominative both 

 before and after the verb ; when used in the sense of that (demons.) or preceded by the 

 preposition e, by, it becomes ia ; in the dative it has 'iana, in the accusative iana. 



The Tahitian has a plural indefinite pronoun of the third person, vera. It is used in 

 speaking of persons in their presence, and may be either dual or plural. It is probably 

 the same with the New Zealand demonstrative pronoun era, those, with the particle o 

 before it ; so, also, vetahi, some, for o etahi, and vau, I, for o au. 



The Hawaiian pronouns are like the Tahitian, except in the first and third persons 

 singular, where it has au and ia, and in the change of r to I, making 'olua, laua, and 

 latou. The missionaries, also, generally write owau for 'o au, but the pronunciation is 

 the same. Au becomes in the dative 'ia'u, and in the accusative ia'u. la is regular, 

 and makes ia ia. 



The pronouns in Nukuhivan are 



au maua matou 



taua tatou 



koe or 'oe koua or 'oua koutou or 'outou 



ia aua atou 



In the pronouns of the second person, the initial k may be pronounced or omitted at 

 the pleasure of the speaker ; the latter usage is the most common. The demonstratives 

 tenet and tea are frequently substituted for the pronoun of the third person singular. 



POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS. 



$ 40. The original form of the possessive pronouns seems to have 

 been the personal, with the prepositions o and a prefixed. We may 



