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Maori tahi | rua | toru wa | rima | ono |witu! waru | iwa ngahuru 
: fa he hongofulu 
Tongan taha| ua | tolu fa rima | ono | fitu! valu | hiva ea tat 
Rarotongan tai rua | toru a rima, | ono | itu} varu iva ngauru 
Samoan tasi | Iua | tolu fa lima | ono | fitu| valu iva safulu,ngafulu 
Mangarevan tai | rua | toru a rima | ono | itu} varu | iva ngauru 
rua { éha | (rima| (ono vara | 
Tahitian tahi |4 or | toru ha or or jhitu); or | iva ahuru 
piti ( maha ( pae { fea vau 
Hawaiian tahi | lua | tolu { t boas | ima | ono i valu | iwa umi 
I shall, therefore, only remark here that it is usual to place before the 
numeral, certain particles; of these, ko, ka, e, and a vary least in their 
several uses. Thus, in Maori, ko is invariably used before tahi and pu or 
topu for one pair ;—thus, ko tahi pu, is the usual form for one pair. Ko tahi, 
ka rua, ete., answer the question, how many, as here, one, two, etc. When 
necessary, the individualization taki taki is made use of, as, ka waru taki 
taki nga kete, there were eight baskets once told. Again, for distribu- 
tion, t@ taki is prefixed to the numeral, as, kia tataki rua pu nga utu i te 
tangata, let each man have four payments. So, iaki whitu, means, by 
Sevens. oko is used when speaking of persons only, up to nine; hoko for 
multiples of ten. E occurs before all the numerals except tahi, but is not 
so definite as ka. The ordinals are generally expressed by tua or whaka, 
as, tua twa, whaka tekau, or by a cardinal with a definite article, as, ko te 
wha tenet, ete. 
In the other dialects, the arrangements of particles, etc. is nearly the 
same. Thus Hawaiian often puts hoo before tahi—and ma is, generally, 
used to connect the different numerals as, in— 
Rarotongan—yauru ma tai 
Maori—ngahuru ma tahi 
Samoan—sefula ma tasi 
Tongan—hongofulu ma taha 
Each meaning 10 + 1=11. 
In fact, as I have said in the case of Maori, so, in other dialects, we 
find toa too, toka, used for numbering persons—as, Hawaiian too pwi. Tongan, 
toka hongofulu. Samoan, toa safulu, ete. 
The ordinals are arranged on the same principle, as in Maori. Thus 
we find ko te wa for fourth ; Soin Tahitian, we have, o ta ha (or ’eha or maha) ; 
and in Samoan, o te fa. Lastly, as Maori has tua ngahuru for the tenth, 
Si uN te ee te rea a 
