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haere mai, haere atu

Away — atu Direction markers — mai, atu, ake, iho Towards — mai

Direction markers: ake (up), atu (away), iho (down) and mai (towards the speaker).

mai – ‘towards’
atu – ‘outwards’
ake – ‘upwards’
iho – ‘downwards’

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Vocabulary

ake — up, upwards (Various uses and meanings, eg upwards, as in: piki ake, titiro ake; comparative as in: nui ake; own, as in: t`oku wh`anau ake)
ake, ake, ake — for ever and ever
atu — away from current orientation (often not translatable by a separate English word)
iho — downwards
mai — towards the speaker in space or in orientation; to here

āe • ahau • āhua • ake • ake, ake, ake • ātaahua • atu • au • āwangawanga • e hoa mā • e tū • haere mā raro • haunga • hiahia • hiainu • hiakai • hiamoe • hīkoi • hoa • hōhā • hou • ia • iho • iti • kaha • katoa • kau • kia • Kia kaha! • kia ora • kino • koe • koro • koutou • mā • mai • māuiui • ngenge • noho • nui • oma • ora • pai • pēhea? • rā • rātau • tama • tamariki • tātou • tere • tino • waiata • whaea

Grammar

Away — atu Direction markers — mai, atu, ake, iho Towards — mai

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