CHAP. VIII.] THE GRAMMAR. 351 



CHAPTER VIII. 



NUMERALS. 



THE decimal system is that in use among the New Zea- 

 landers. 



CARDINAL NUMBERS. 



Tahi ... 1 Ono ... 6 



Rua ... 2 Witu ... 7 



Toru ... 3 Waru ... 8 



Wa . . 4 Iwa . .9 



Rima ... 5 Ngahuru, or te kau . 10 



In this single form, however, the numerals are only used 

 when joined by the conjunctive particle to others ; for in- 

 stance, te kau ma wa, fourteen ; etoru ma toru, three and 

 three. In all other cases a prefix is used, and euphony alone 

 seems to decide to which prefix the preference is given. 



1 Etahi, or kotahi, or tokotahi. 18 Kotahi te kau ma waru. 



2 Erua, korua, tokorua. 19 Kotahi te kau ma iwa. 



3 Etoru, kotoru, tokotoru. 20 Erua te kau. 



4 Ewa, kowa, tokowa. 21 Erua te kau ma tahi. 



5 Erima, korima, tokorima. 30 Etoru te kau. 



6 Eono, koono, tokoono. 40 Ewa te kau. 



7 Ewitu, kowitu, tokow'itu. 50 Erima te kau. 



8 Ewaru, kowaru, tokowaru. 60 Eono te kau. 



9 Eiwa, koiwa, tokoiwa. 70 Ewitu te kau. 



10 Ngahuru, kongahuru, toko- 80 Ewaru te kau. 



ngahuni, or kotahi te kau. 90 Eiwa te kau. 



11 Kotahi te kau ma tahi. 100 Kotahi te rau. 



12 Kotahi te kau ma rua. 101 Kotahi te rau ma tahi. 



13 Kotahi te kau ma toru. 110 Kotahi te rau ma te kau. 



14 Kotahi te kau ma wa. 200 Erua te rau. 



15 Kotahi te kau ma rima. 300 Etoru te rau. 



16 Kotahi te kau ma ono. 1000 Kotahi mano. 



17 Kotahi te kau ma witu. 2000 Erua mano, and so on. 



Note. In numerals the syllable ma is always used as 

 the conjunctive particle, never the syllable me; for in- 

 stance : Kotahi te kau ma toru, thirteen. To express an in- 

 definite number, the word tini, or tini tini, is generally used. 



