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Health/Aotearoa Waka question of the day
Did you know that a new federal report projects 1 in 3 American adults could have diabetes by 2050? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the number of Americans with diabetes may double or triple over the next 40 years.
Source Dr Mercola

Maori Unpacked continued
37 Counting

When counting humans use toko

Tokohia ngaa tangata?
How many people?

Tokowhaa.
Four.

Kia hia.
How many (should there be)?

Kia wha.
Let there be four, make it four.

Takitini.
By thousands.

You can even put these together,

Takitokowha.
Units of four people, by fours.

Tataungia mai nga kokona o te tapawhaa.
Count the corners of a square.

E whaa nga kokona o te tapawhaa.
There are four corners in a square.

Tokohia nga kaitakaro i te tima whutupooro?
How many players in a football team.

Tekau maa rima.
Fifteen.

He kupu hou- some new words

hiakai- hungry

kaupapa- subject

kaatahi- and then, just then

maatakitaki- see

pouwhakaata- television

Pouwhakaata Maori- Maori Television

tini- many

me- and

mano- many

itiiti- few

whaa- four

rima- five

ono- six

tekau- ten

tekau maa tahi- eleven

tekau maa rua- twelve

toko- counter for humans

tokohia- how many (people)

tokowhaa- four people

kia kia- how many should there be

kia wha- there should be four

taki- a unit of

takitokowhaa- by units of four