ai

copulation, to copulate (of animals).

there is, there are; e-ai-ró-á, there is. This verb is of limited use and is avoided when not necessary: ai te vai toe? any water left? But: te ahi no te Atua, there is only one God [translator's note: te ahi is probably a misprint for te tahi].

ai ka, expression used with a verb in the sense of "then one must": he-ra'e ana-kai, ai ka-unu i te raau, first eat, then you must drink the medicine.

so, this big, this much: ai te nuinui o te pú, the hole is this big (lit. here is the size of the hole,with accompanying gesture).

ai nará, there is, here is; ai nará te kurí i tooku hare , there's my cat (lit.: the cat in my house); ai nará te kumara i roto i te kete , there are sweet potatoes in the basket.