260 PHILOLOGY. 



In Tongan, hai, who ? takes the particles ko and a, according to its place in the sen- 

 tence; gen., o hai and a hai, whose? Ha, what? is preceded by the article he, as koeJia 

 (nom.), what ? ki he ha, to what ? i he ha, by what ? Fituz, how many ? as, ejihafale, 

 how many houses ? tokafilia, how many (persons) ? 



In New Zealand, the interrogative pronouns are wai, aha, tehea, and hia. Wai takes 

 the same particles and prepositions as the pronouns ; o wai, who ? ia wai, whom ? 

 nawai, from or by whom 1 Aha has he in the nominative, and te in the oblique cases ; 

 as heaha, what 1 no te aha, for what ? i te aha, what (ace.) ? Tehea is which ? ko teliea 



~ga tokorua, which of the two ? Hia is how many ? It takes the prefix toko for persons. 



In Rarotongan, ai, who? aa, what? teea, which? ia, how many? Ko ai, who? ia 

 ai, whom ? E aa, what ? no te aa, for what ? ko teea i aua ~ga tayata tokorua nei, which 

 of these two men ? tokoia, how many persons ? 



In Mangarevan, the interrogatives are the same as in the Rarotongan, except ka-a, 

 which ? a form which we have not found in the latter, though it may exist. 



In Paumotuan, ko wai, who? e aha, what ? 



In Tahitian, vai, aha, teihea, and hia. Vai has o vai, who ? ta vai, to vai, na vai, no 

 vai, of whom ? whose ? 'ia vai, to whom ? ia vai, whom ? Aha has e aha, no te aha, 



1 te aha, &c. Teihea, which ? as teihea te maitai, which is the best ? (literally, which 

 is the good ?) E hia fare, how many houses ? toohia taata, how many men ? 



In Hawaiian, wai, alia, hea, and hia. Wai has 'o wai, who ? o wai, a wai, of whom ? 

 to wai, ta wai, whose ? no wai, na wai, for whom ? 'ia wai, to whom ? ia wai, whom ? 

 &c. Aha has heaka, what ? o te aha, a te aha, of what ? no te aha, na te aha, for 

 what ? die. Hea has 'o hea, which ? o hea and a hea, of which ? 'i hea, to which ? &c. 

 Hia has e &ia and a hia, how many (things) ? and toto o/w'a, how many persons ? 



In Nukuhivan, ko ai or 'o ai, who ? ta ai, to ai, na ai, no ai, of or for whom ? >wez 

 ai, from whom ? ia ai, to whom ? &c., aha, what ? tehea, which ? as te Awe Am, which 

 gourd ? .Hisa, how many ? 



INDEFINITE PRONOUNS. 



\ 43. Most of the words which would fall under this head (answer- 

 ing to some, other, many, and the like) have been already given, in 

 treating of the article [v. \ 11.] The following are a few which may 

 be here noticed. 



Samoan. Nisi, some ; isi, other, as nom., 'o isi, another or others ; gen., a isi, o isi, 

 of another, of others, &c. Le ai se or le ai ni, not any, none (from le, not, ai, there, 

 and the article), as e le ai se mea e ai, there is not any thing to eat ; e le ai ni tagata, 

 there are no men. Uma, umalava, all, every (from uma, done, finished) ; as ia mea 

 uma, all these things ; 'o tayata umalava, all men ; 'o laau umalava, every tree. Se, 

 the article, is used in an indefinite sense, which can hardly be rendered in English, as 

 'o ai ea se jilifili, who is some one [or, who is it] that chooses ? Fasi, as setasi fasi 

 mea ititi, any little thing (or rather, any little portion of a thing). 



Tongan. Nihi, some, any, other ; fuli, orfuli be, all (in number), every one ; kotoa, 

 or kotoa be, all, the whole, every ; ae tayata kotoa be, every man, or all the men. 



