Pakipaki kau au ki te tuakiri o te whare (M 2004:224). / I beat in vain against the wall of the house (M 2004:225).

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Ko te hiwi i pikitia nei e mātau, e horahora ana te hunga tūākiri me te hunga mate, ānō kua āta ruingia te whenua ki te tinana tangata (TPH 15/1/1900:7). / The wounded and the dead were spread out over the hill we climbed as though the land had been carefully sown with bodies.

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I tae māua ki ngā hōhipera ki te tirotiro i ngā tamariki. Ka nui te pai o ngā mea e māmā ana ngā tūākiri, ko ētahi anō he hanga aroha - kua kore te ringa, te waewae (TKO 12/5/1918:12). / We arrived at the hospitals to look at the children. The ones who had minor injuries were really well, but it was sad for others - they no longer had a hand or a leg.

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Ka kōrero koe mō te rangi o te waiata, ka kōrero koe mō te ia o te haka (Wh4 2004:73). / One talks about the 'rangi' (tune) of a song but the 'ia' (cadence) of a haka.

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E kitea mai ana te ia o te pānga, arā, ka pakeke haere te tamaiti, ka tāroaroa haere (TRP 2010:139). / The trend in the relationship can be seen, that is, as the child grows older she becomes taller.

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