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THE MAORI DIVISION OF TIME

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arorangi was born. They controlled time, and to them we owe the unceasing regularity of the movements of the Shining Ones on high. And even as his women turned ever to Pale Hina in their hour of trouble, so did the Maori rely on Kongo of the great waters and Tane of the heavens to measure out the fleeting year.

TERMS EMPLOYED TO DENOTE TIME.
Ahiahi			Evening. Later part of afternoon.
Ahiahi pouri			Dusk.
Ahiahitanga			Evening.
Aiahi			Evening.
Aianei			Now. To-day. Presently. The present time.
Akengokengo			To-morrow.
Akuanei			Presently. To-day.
Akuara			A little while.
Amua			The time to come.
Amuri			Time to come. Amuri ake nei = hereafter.
Anaianei			Henceforward.
Anamata			Hereafter.
Ano			Up to the time spoken of; still; yet; again; and when.
Ao			Daytime, as opposed to night. To dawn. Ao ake = aonga ake = the following day.
Aoake nui			Two days off.
Aoake nui atu			Three days off.
Aoakewake			Several days off.
Aoatea			Daybreak. Cf. Awatea.
Aoinaake			Next day; to-morrow.
A ko ake nei			At a future time. Hereafter.
Auinake or Auinaake			Next day; to-morrow.
Aouru			Dawn.
Apopo			To-morrow. 2. At some future time.
Ata			Morning.
Ata hapara			Time of dawn.
Ata pongipongi			Time of dawn.
Atahira			Day after to-morrow. See Inatahira.
Awake			Two days hence. See Aoake.
Awakewake			Four days hence.
Awatea			Broad daylight. Middle of day. Tino awatea = Midday.
Awe			Soon. Syn. Wawe. See Meake.
Haeata			Dawn.
Hapai			Dawn, morning. 2. To rise, as heavenly bodies.
Hea. Whea			What time? As in a hea, a whea, of future time; inahea, inawhea, nonahea, of past time. Nahea = long, in time. 2. What time, of past time. Syn. Nawhea.
Houanga		$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	An interval of time, definite or indefinite. I houanga, no houanga = a year ago. A houanga = a year hence. See Tauhounga Tauhouanga.
Houange
Huakanga			Dawn. Huaki = to dawn.
Huka			Long in time.
I mua			See Mua.
Inaianei			Just now; to-day.
Inaia noa nei	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$		Very lately.
Inaia tata nei
Inaia tata ake nei
Inaia ake nei
Inaia iho nei
Inake			Not long since. The other day.
Inakuanei			Just now.
Inakuara			A little while ago.
Inamata			Formerly. 2. Immediately.