The quantifier 'ahutana means, roughly, "all". It occurs before the noun it quantifies. If the noun is singular, 'ahutana means "a whole N, an entire N".
'ahutana poo -- a whole pig, an entire pig
'ahutana poo Johne na -- John's whole pig, all of John's pig
If the noun is plural (and definite?), 'ahutana means "all of N".
| Nau horia 'ahutana pooni na.
| I bought all of the pigs.
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| 1sA buy-3sO all pig-PL DEF
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| Nau horia 'ahutana ru'aru'ani na.
| I bought all of the baskets.
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| 1sA buy-3sO all basket-PL DEF
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| Nau horia 'ahutana pasoni na.
| I bought all of the bracelets.
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| 1sA buy-3sO all bracelet-PL DEF
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| Nau horia 'ahutana o'oni na.
| I bought all of the drums.
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| 1sA buy-3sO all drum-PL DEF
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'Ahutana occurs before the plural marker huni.
| Nau horia 'ahutana huni poo Johne na.
| I bought all of John's pigs.
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| 1sA buy-3sO all PL pig John DEF
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| Nau horia 'ahutana huni ru'aru'a Johne na.
| I bought all of John's baskets.
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| 1sA buy-3sO all PL basket John DEF
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| Nau horia 'ahutana huni paso Johne na.
| I bought all of John's bracelets.
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| 1sA buy-3sO all PL bracelet John DEF
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The quantifer mani also translates as "all", but is used with pronouns. It occurs after the tense marker and before the verb.
| Kou ka mani hana.
| We (I) are all eating.
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| IpA PRES all eat
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| 'Eu ka mani hana.
| We (E) are all eating.
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| EpA PRES all eat
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| 'Au ka mani hana.
| You folks are all eating.
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| 2pA PRES all eat
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| Kira ka mani hana.
| They are all eating.
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| 3pA PRES all eat
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