xlii 
Maori. 
e of the — ré this is the MG 
from 
of t ouble arisin the accidental re- 
semblance of the word to the name of some 
chie = "+: Без rh of his emen o 
wor 
weit ана might = the cause 
of a q he foll 
an illustr of this :—S vum 
the child of a chief of the Ngatiporou tribe 
eived t of Te - 
as ord honu came into 
ter, ad the usual ont 
Гају еа Ede. for fear of giving offence. 
The same word may at different times 
m— оно ons of several parts of speech. 
Th ns are frequently used as adjec- 
tives "to ааа the material of which the 
hus: he whare айа 
dae built of raupo ; he roto tuna—a lake 
which eels abound. 
"ams e. is on the first syllable as a 
general rul 
1 
SCHEME OF A MAORI VERB. 
Karanga—call. 
I cae 
EPTIVE— 
Ka karanga bx Tas called or began to ay 
h e r will begin to call. 
Kahore ia e En X began or will 
begin not to call. 
2. IMPERFECT— PAST, 
Не rice ana ai—he was, is, or will be 
Appendix. 
assistance they inv The word sungei, 
a river, is a term É орон um in Jambi, 
where the s used instead. 
Any беч ире so i шады as to have 
the name of McIntyre is gie cause of 
difficulty to the M Malays, wh 
red ci — "i not pronounce his name on 
account. 
Here we have the same principle, as: 
Sa ruma atap—a house made of thatch ; 
lahar ikan mati—a pool of dead fish. 
This obtains in Malay. 
HEME OF A MALAY VERB. 
Post — сай. 
ТУЕ. 
AST OR F 
Dep et a o called or began to call. 
Man pangil nia—he will call or will begin 
ос 
Tida pangil pun mulai dya—he began, etc. 
Tida mau pangil pun mulai dya—he will, 
etc. 
PRESENT, OR FUTURE. 
Dya ada panoi ia A is calling. 
Dya su 
n a ada p gil—he Te etc. 
Жайге: ia e karanga ana—he was not, is Dya nanti pd ins чайы etc. 
not, or will not be calling. Le и gil— he was orb not cli ing. 
ti pangil, o he Lis not, 
Tila pss p pangil wih nia | 
3. PERFECT—PAST, PRESENT, OR FUTURE, 
Kua karanga ia—he had, has, or will have je айа де e pongi he had or has, etc. 
called. suda de pangil—he will, et 
Kahore ia kia karanga—he had not, has 
not, or will not have called. 
Tida a de pangi me had not, ae. 
Tida suda nanti de pangil—he will nos, etc. 
4. INDEFINITE PAST. 
I karanga ia—he called. 
Kihai ia i karanga—he did not call. 
'ya pangil, or pangil ulih nia—he called. 
Tida de oe ulih nia—he did not, etc. 
5. INDEFINITE snb 
E karanga ia—he will call. 
E kore ia e karanga—he will not call. 
mau ME il—he will, e 
Deis e mau pangil—he will not, etc. 
6. NARRATIVE FO 
Karanga ana ia—he called. Dya Feds (or ada) pangil—he called. 
^ 11, loss 
Karanga— call. Pangil—call. 
Kaua e karanga—do not call. Jangan pangil—do not call. 
ПІ. OPTA 
Kia karanga ia—that he should call. 
IV. Suss 
Me e karanga ana ia—If he were calling. 
V. 
TIVE. 
Sebab de pangil ulih nia —that he, etc. 
UNCTIVE. 
Kalau ada de pangil—li he, ete. 
NFINITIVE. 
He karanga—to call. 
Ber-pangil—to call. 
