Tuomson.— Whence of the Maori. 
Mao 
Adjectives and «ы are modified, both 
in form i 
go one or bo ; 
adjective first cm ble of the 
на doniad besos plural, thus he rakau 
e tree; Ae т а 
to 
the dei form is used both as басса an 
lural. 
The MP of doubling both syllables of 
the root is to diminish the К of the 
meaning o of He uns thus : mate—sick ; 
Te ma 
n the case ad be the effect of the two 
kinds of reduplication | vs somewhat epos 
us, winking o 
ni ; kik Fino sel а an d kept so; 
kimo, frequent winkin, 
Nouns and Pina and verbs may all 
have а pe stss as or wha—the effect of 
which i al tipi — 
whakatangata signifies ake 
treat wadi arn cause to ow 
кнр биш лаш cause to know. 
The usual rapid terminations of verbs 
are a, ia, eT a, , mia, ngia , tia, ома, 
i 
Intransitive, as well as transitive, verbs 
have a passive voice requiring the addition 
of a preposition in English to make 
sense complete. "Thus: noho—sit ; nohia— 
be sat тет 
Е 
Ф 
ircumstance are derived from 
Mis tanga, inga, t th 
on being somewhat re Thus : 
Mahi makes in 
0 "m rrr 
Titiro ,, tirohanga 
Numerals have certain prefixes—e, ko, 
toko, pe and taki. 
r sometimes have the suffix 
e of the same is difficult to 
net es i t 
М оза, 
ouk apuatanga a immediately ата 
рр the burning coals, and erammed them 
to his mouth. 
The syllable age is sometimes prefixed t to 
personal or possessive pronouns. "m 
nge-ona; and sometimes it a pears as k 
suffix to the adverbs pea and koa, ne 
koange, but not affecting the m 
ereof. 
Well-known words may sometim es be 
met with in such a disguise that it is s diff 
ав at first sight, to recognise them at all. 
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Malay 
Reduplieation of ак rbs, epi and 
n аа as well as 
dou 
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ing o e noun itself does so, 
sa poko bai—a good tree; poko poko bai 
—good trees. Also the simple form with- 
out the ерй prefixed may be singular ог 
lural. 
effect of саи the dici = = 
root is to intensify the 
s ve, as sakit, fon sakié. re, Pe vee 
Here prais A пиа to wink; kejap 
kejap—to wink continuously ; but tutup 
mata significa to clase the eyes. 
s = 1" no bekan or boat are used 
arly ar manner, as bis betul 
абе АА de gila—pretend madness. 
Verbs, active or passive, have properl 
no inflections, and are expressed as f oL 
Habes becomes jen ulih ku 
Chukur .,, r ulih ku 
Anchor ,, r ulih nia 
Here the нк are made as fol- 
lows: bunoh—to ; ter bunoh—to be 
illed ; the passive voice be eing here ren- 
dered by a prefix. 
Here e same principle is carried out by 
ihe suffix Thus: 
UR makes sich an 
Dudu — ,, dudu- 
Tingo ^, бари д8 ат 
Numerals have по prefixes. 
Expression by passive Missa is ve зы сот- 
mon in the written lan 
—burning charcoal 
mediately. petit by him, and 
M ad into his mouth. 
Here it dod not have an equivalent. 
In the 
disguise the words by inversion, in order to 
propitiate the hautus, or spirits, as 
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