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arorangi was born. They controlled time, and to them we owe the unceasing regularity of the movements of the Shining Ones on high. And even as his women turned ever to Pale Hina in their hour of trouble, so did the Maori rely on Kongo of the great waters and Tane of the heavens to measure out the fleeting year.

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TERMS EMPLOYED TO DENOTE TIME.
Ahiahi				Evening. Later part of afternoon.
Ahiahi pouri				Dusk.
Ahiahitanga				Evening.
Aiahi				Evening.
Aianei				Now. To-day. Presently. The present time.
Akengokengo				To-morrow.
Akuanei				Presently. To-day.
Akuara				A little while.
Amua				The time to come.
Amuri				Time to come. Amuri ake nei = hereafter.
Anaianei				Henceforward.
Anamata				Hereafter.
Ano				Up to the time spoken of; still; yet; again; and when.
Ao				Daytime, as opposed to night. To dawn. Ao ake = aonga ake = the following day.
Aoake nui				Two days off.
Aoake nui atu				Three days off.
Aoakewake				Several days off.
Aoatea				Daybreak. Cf. Awatea.
Aoinaake				Next day; to-morrow.
A ko ake nei				At a future time. Hereafter.
Auinake or Auinaake				Next day; to-morrow.
Aouru				Dawn.
Apopo				To-morrow. 2. At some future time.
Ata				Morning.
Ata hapara				Time of dawn.
Ata pongipongi				Time of dawn.
Atahira				Day after to-morrow. See Inatahira.
Awake				Two days hence. See Aoake.
Awakewake				Four days hence.
Awatea				Broad daylight. Middle of day. Tino awatea = Midday.
Awe				Soon. Syn. Wawe. See Meake.
Haeata				Dawn.
Hapai				Dawn, morning. 2. To rise, as heavenly bodies.
Hea. Whea				What time? As in a hea, a whea, of future time; inahea, inawhea, nonahea, of past time. Nahea = long, in time. 2. What time, of past time. Syn. Nawhea.
Houanga			$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	An interval of time, definite or indefinite. I houanga, no houanga = a year ago. A houanga = a year hence. See Tauhounga Tauhouanga.
Houange
Huakanga				Dawn. Huaki = to dawn.
Huka				Long in time.
I mua				See Mua.
Inaianei				Just now; to-day.
Inaia noa nei		$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$		Very lately.
Inaia tata nei
Inaia tata ake nei
Inaia ake nei
Inaia iho nei
Inake				Not long since. The other day.
Inakuanei				Just now.
Inakuara				A little while ago.
Inamata				Formerly. 2. Immediately.