anake
1. (particle) only, none but, nothing but, alone, without exception, there is nothing, no one else, these people and no others, these things and no others - used to show that only certain members of a group and thus ruling out others, or to indicate that only one type of thing is present. In the phrase, it comes after manner, directional and locative particles, if any are present.
Ko māua anake ko taku tuahine kei te ora. / Only my sister and I are still alive.
E kī ana taku karangarua, a Kemureti, e toru tekau mā waru ngā tāngata i runga, he tāne anake (HP 19918). / My relation, Kemureti, says that thirty-eight people were on it, only men.
