pe

(also: pa) like, as, similar to; he-mana'u Makemake mo aga i te tagata mo tu'u pe îa, Makemake thought about creating man in his own image (lit.: similar to him); requires the use of the article he when not followed by a pronoun: pehe me'e ena, for instance, suppose for instance that...; pehe me'e ena, he-moe ki te tagata e-tahi, suppose for instance that you get married. Pehé? how? Pehé koe? how are you? Pehé rá? how is that, how can it be? Pehé-peira, likewise, in the same manner; penei, pená, peira, thus; pemu'a, henceforth, in future;

towards, in the direction of: pe Vaihú, towards Vaihu.