tekau ma iwa - ninteen
Tekau mā iwa taku pakeke.My age is nineteen.
E rua tekau mā iwa tōna pakeke.He is twenty-nine years old.
Tekau mā iwa.Nineteen.
e rua tekau mā whitu = 27 kotahi rau e rima tekau mā tahi = 151 e ono mano e waru rau e toru tekau mā iwa = 6839When counting things off, we say ‘ka tahi, ka rua, ka toru
