| Kupu | Brief description | 
		| tahi | one | 
		| rua | two | 
		| toru | three | 
		| whā | four | 
		| rima | five | 
		| ono | six | 
		| whitu | seven | 
		| waru | eight | 
		| iwa | nine | 
		| tekau | ten | 
		| rau | hundred | 
		| mano | thousand | 
		| e | word which precedes numbers 2-9 when counting objects | 
		| tua- | prefix to  numbers 1-9 to create ordinal numbers: first, second, third etc. | 
		| toko- | prefix to numbers 2-9 when counting people |