Pāngarau

hokotahi, hokorua ...

twenty, forty ...

tūingoa

WHAKAMĀRAMA

Ka whakamahia te hoko me tētahi o ngā tau 1 ki te 9 hei tohu i ngā taurea o te rua tekau. E tino whakamahia ana te kupu hokowhitu mō te ope taua o Tūmatauenga.

Hoko is used with the numbers 1 to 9 to signify the multiples of twenty. The term hokowhitu is widely used for a company of warriors.

Tauira KŌrero

Hokorua ngā hipi kei roto i te pātiki.

I roto ia i Te Hokowhitu a Tūmatauenga i haere ki tāwāhi ki te pakanga o te ao.

Tīkina kia hokowhā ngā tūru hei nohoanga mō te manuhiri.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga

Koia nei ngā taurea o te 20, arā, te tatau mawhiti-rua tekau: 

Tauira KŌrero

Hokorua ngā hipi kei roto i te pātiki.

I roto ia i Te Hokowhitu a Tūmatauenga i haere ki tāwāhi ki te pakanga o te ao.

Tīkina kia hokowhā ngā tūru hei nohoanga mō te manuhiri.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga