Tokorua ngā mātāika te tahi, tokorua ngā tatao (JPS 1923:234). / In the first attack there were two who were the mātāika (first to fall) then another two were the tatao (the second to fall).

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Nā taku taina, nā Rihimona Whaanga, au i whakaako ki te kauhoe (HP 1991:20). / My junior cousin, Rihimona Whaanga, taught me to swim.

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Tokorima ngā tēina o Rīria, ā, tokotoru ōna tungāne (TTR 1996:22). / Rīria had five younger sisters and three brothers.

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E 25 ōna tau, ko tōna teina 17 ōna tau (TKO 15/2/1916:9). / He is 25 years old and his younger brother is 17.

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Ki te whakaae ngā tāina me tō rātou tuahine me ō rātou mātua me ngā hapū, me ngā iwi o te whaea, o te pāpā rānei, ka noho ēnei karanga ki runga ki a Pape he ariki mātāmua ia nō ēnā hapū me ēnā uri (JPS 1909:90). / If his younger brothers, their sister, their parents, and the hapū and iwi of the mother or father consent, he is made first-born ariki of those hapū and descendants.

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