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a chair to sit on is o category, if you make the chair is it a category — a, o Words that can be 'a' or 'o' categories — o, a
Parts of things take the o category, because they belong to or form part of something else. For example, ngā rau o te rākau (the leaves of the tree) and te waewae o te tēpu (the leg of the table). Possession can also shift meaning: tōku hui means the group I belong to, while tāku hui means the group I created or run.

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ā • āe • ahau • āhua • ake • ake, ake, ake • āku • āna • ātaahua • atu • au • āwangawanga • e hoa mā • e tū • engari • haere mā raro • haunga • hiahia • hiainu • hiakai • hiamoe • hīkoi • hoa • hōhā • hōiho • hou • i • ia • iho • iti • ka • kaha • katoa • kau • keke • kēkē • ki • kia • Kia kaha! • kia ora • kino • koe • koro • kōrua • koutou • kōwhai • kua •  • mai • māua • māuiui • ngenge • noho • nui • ō • oma • ora • pai • pango • pēhea? •  • rātau • rāua • rūma moe • taku • tama • tamaiti • tamariki • tana • tātou • tāua • tere • tino •  • wāhine • waiata • whaea • whero
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