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tekau - ten
tekau - ten
Tekau, num. Ten, tenth. Tekau nga taro e tihi ana i tona aroaro (T. 49). Ka waru, ka iwa; na kua riro mai te tekau i a Tawhaki (T. 49).
NOTE.—The use of tekau for ten is the result of intercourse with Europeans. Before this intercourse tekau was generally used for twenty, and ten was designated by ngahuru, the regular Polynesian word. The numerals are so given by Savage in 1807. Nicholas, who visited New Zealand in 1814, gives for ten ngahuru, and for twenty tekau ma ngahuru; this one would expect to indicate thirty, and it probably did, as he gives ka rua tekau, forty. By 1820, according to Kendall, the modern use of tekau, ten, would appear to have become established. For some purposes—e.g., the counting of fish—takau in some districts indicated eleven. Ka iwa, ka ngahuru, ka tekau. This seems to support the suggestion that te kau was the tally. A thorough investigation of the ancient numeration is given by Best, Tr. xxxix, 150 et seq.
Williams Dictionary
Ko tēnei he tekau tana taraka.
This is a ten ton truck.
Identity sentences - ko...
Kua eke atu ia ki ngā taumata o te waru tekau mā whitu tau.
She has reached the age of eighty seven years.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Me kaute tāua ki te tekau.
Let's count to ten.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Ka mahia he waka mō tekau tāngata,.
A ten-man canoe was made.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kāore aku tamariki, engari he tokomaha āku irāmutu, tekau mā rima rātou.
I don't have any kids, but I have many nieces and nephews, there are fifteen of them.
Conjunctions - but - engari
I te tekau karaka.
At ten o'clock.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
I te tekau mā tahi karaka i te ata te karakia.
The service was at 11 am.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
I tērā tau ka rima tekau ia.
He will be fifty next birthday.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā
Tekau tonu ngā mokopuna a Pāora.
Pāora has exactly ten grandchildren.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...
Tekau mā rua ngā tamariki.
There are twelve children.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...
Ā, tekau mātou, tokowaru ngā tamariki.
Ah, there are ten of us, eight kids.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...
Hei te tekau karaka.
See you at ten o'clock.
Telling time - kara
Hei te tekau mā tahi karaka.
See you at eleven o'clock.
Telling time - kara
Hei te tekau mā rua karaka.
See you at twelve o'clock.
Telling time - kara
E rua tekau meneti ngā tītī e tunua ana i roto it te umu.
The muttonbirds were roasted in the hot oven for twenty minutes.
Telling time - kara
Ā te tekau karaka tīmata ai te karakia.
The service starts at ten o'clock.
Telling time - kara
Ko te tekau mā tahi karaka.
It is eleven o'clock.
Telling time - kara
E whā tekau mā whā ō tātou manuhiri.
We have forty-four guests.
Counting over ten -
Ki tōku whakaaro, e rima tekau aua kāinga.
In my estimation, there are fifty of those settlements.
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?
Tekau mā waru ngā pereti, a rua tekau mā tahi ā tātou kapu.
There are eighteen plates and we have twenty-one cups.
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?
Kāore e tekau mā rua ngā tamariki.
There are not twelve children.
Negating counting people - Kāore e toko...
Whā tekau hēkena.
40 seconds.
Rua tekau meneti mai i te ono karaka.
Twenty minutes past six o'clock.
Tekau meneti ki te tekau karaka.
Ten to ten.
Tekau mā rua ngā kurī.
There are twelve dogs.
E toru tekau tau tōna pakeke.
She is thirty years old.
Ōna tau e toru tekau.
She is thirty years old.
I tēnei tau, arā, rua mano rua tekau mā ono.
In this year, two thousand and twenty-six.
E rua tekau mā tahi ōku tau.
I'm twenty one years old.
Whitu tekau mā waru tōna pakeke.
She is seventy-eight years old.
Tekau mā iwa taku pakeke.
My age is nineteen.
E rima tekau mā whā tōna pakeke.
She is fifty-four years old.
E toru tekau mā tahi ōna tau.
She is thirty-one years old.
E rua tekau mā iwa tōna pakeke.
He is twenty-nine years old.
Tekau ō matimati.
You've got ten fingers.
Tekau mā toru tau te pakeke o Tīwana.
Tīwana is thirteen years old.
Tekau mā rua tau te pakeke o Riripeti.
Riripeti is twelve years old.
Tekau mā waru te pakeke o tana tungāne.
Her brother is 18.
Āhua rua tekau ngā tāngata i tae mai ki te hui.
About 20 people came to the meeting.
Tekau.
Ten.
E rua tekau ngā tau i mahi ai ahau i tēnei pukapuka.
I have been working on this book for twenty years.
Tekau mā Tahi.
Eleven.
Tekau mā rua.
Twelve.
Tekau mā toru.
Thirteen.
Tekau mā whā.
Fourteen.
Tekau mā rima.
Fifteen.
Tekau mā ono.
Sixteen.
Tekau mā whitu.
Seventeen.
Tekau mā waru.
Eighteen.
Tekau mā iwa.
Nineteen.
Rua Tekau.
Twenty.
Tekau mā tahi ngā tāngata purei hoka.
There are eleven people in a soccer team. (11 people play soccer.).
E ono tekau tau tōna pakeke, ka ū ia ki ngā tikanga Māori i a ia i te māra.
She is 60 years old. She is resolute in Māori customs in the garden.
Nā wai tēnei rima tekau heneti?
Whose is this 50 cents?
Tekau heneti te utu mō te tamariki.
The price for children is ten cents.
Tekau aku ika.
I have 10 fish.
Tekau mā tahi rātou e haere ana.
Eleven of them are going.
