Pēhia ai te tahā ki raro i te wai kia kore ai e uru he hamuti ki roto (TTT 1/12/1929:1935). / The calabash was pushed down into the water so that excrement would not enter.

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Kapi tonu ngā tūru katoa, kāti, rau atu, rau atu ngā mea i tū tonu i te kore tūru (TP 10/1909:3). / All the seats were full with hundreds and hundreds having to stand because there were no seats.

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Ka kite a Te Matata i te tūtae e tū ana, ka whatia e ia, ka mōhio a ia he tūtae hou, ka hoki whakamuri ia me te mōhio haere, kei te kite tonu atu te tāpae (MT 2011:73). / Te Matata saw some faeces piled up and he broke it and then knew it was fresh and he retreated realising that the advance war party was watching.

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He rango tētahi mea maumau haere i ngā ngārara o te mate nei. Ki te tiko koraha tētahi tangata kua tīmata te pāngia e te mate nei, ka tau te rango ki runga i tōna paru. Ka piri ki runga i taua rango ngā purapura o te mate nei. Ka rere te rango nei, ka tau ki runga ki ngā kai a te tangata. Ka whakarērea ngā purapura ki runga i aua kai (TRA 1/3/1929:946). / A blowfly is one thing that carries the bacteria of this disease. If a person who has begun to be affected by this disease defecates out in the open, and a blowfly lands on his faeces, the seeds of this disease will adhere to that blowfly. This blowfly will fly off and settle on a person's food and the infection will be left on that food.

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Ā ka waiho te tinana o Ietepere hei para hamiti ki runga ki te mate o te pārae i te wāhi o Ietereere (PT 2Kingi 9:37). / And the carcass of Jez'ebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel.

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