ngāti māua
1. us, we - this idiom includes the speaker and one other or others, however it doesn’t include the listener. Sometimes appears as ngāi māua.
E kui, ka nui te kaha o te whawhai o konei. E kui, kāore au e mōhio āwhea mutu ai, heoi anō me tatari tātau ki te mutunga. Kei te heke iho pea te tāima e mutu ai. E kui, kua ngaro wētahi o ngāi māua ki te pō i runga i tēnei whawhai (TKO 15/10/1915:12). / Dear gran, the battle is raging here. Dear gran, I’m not sure when it will cease, however we must wait until the end. Perhaps the end is nearing. Dear gran, some of us have been lost in this battle.
