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habitat

wāhi noho

Hades

Haiti

haemoglobin

kawehā

hair dryer

whakamaroke makawe

hair dryer

pūrere whakamaroke makawe

half equation

whārite haurua

2005

half life

koiora memeha

ruatanga oranga, oranga hauruatanga

half-life

houanga memeha [TM]

ora haurua

haloalkane

waiwaro tahi whāpāhare

halogen

kōnakonako (lamp); whāpāhare (chem.)

halothane gene

ira harotene

hammer, of ear

kuru

hand lotion

hinu pani ringa

handmade mud bricks

pereki kua hangaia ā-ringa ki te kerepeti

porouku-a-ringa

handrail

rōau

harbour

whanga

harmless substance

ngaku korekino

harmonic motion

nekehanga hawarite

hazard

matepā

haze

kōtuhi

hazelnut

hānati

health-education class

akomanga hauora

health-promoting action

mahi toko i te ora, mahi hāpai hauora

healthy

ora

healthy food

kai whai oranga

hearing aid

pūrere rongo

heart burn

pohongawhā

heart disease

mate manawa

heart muscle

uaua manawa

heart rate

kapakapa manawa

heart rate monitor

taonga aroturuki kapakapa manawa

heart wall

pātū manawa

heart-shaped

matakawa

heat

wera

heat capacity

ōpunga / kahapupuri wera

heat conduction

ariponga wera

heat conductivity

kawe ia wera

heat energy

pūngao wera

heat energy

ngao wera

heat transfer

whakawhitiwhiti pūngao wera

heater

whakamahana

heavenly bodies

ao-tuarangi

heavy drinking

inu porohaurangi

unu porohaurangi

heavy metal

konganuku taumaha

hedgehog

tuatete

height

teitei

helicopter

waka pūrerehua

(Kāretu: Whalerider)

helium

haumāmā (He)

helium balloon

porohau haumāmā

helium gas

korohū haumāmā

haurehu haumāmā

helix

tōrino

helpful

tuku painga

hemisphere

tuakoi

hepatitis A

atekakā A

hepatitis B

ate kakā B

heptane

hewaro

heptene

waiwaro rua hewaro

herbivore

kaiota

herd

whakataka

kāhui

herring

aua

2005

Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) Diagram

Hoahoa Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R)

heterotrophic

kaihirihiri

heterozygous

iraruakē

2 different alleles

heterozygous genotype

momoira huanga rerekē

hex-1-ene

waiwaro rua-1-owaro

2005

hexagonal

tapaono

hexane

owaro(C6H14)

hexanol

waihā owaro

hexene

waiwaro rua owaro

hibernate

moe hōtoke

hibernation

moenga hōtoke

hibernation

moe hōtoke

high (blood) pressure.

pēhanga teitei

pēhanga kaha

high acceleration

tino whakatere

high-decile school

kura ōtekau tike

(kura whai rawa)

hinge joint

pona kokopi

hitchhiker thumb

kōnui hikihaiki

HIV virus

huaketo HIV

hobbies

runaruna

hokey pokey

hoki poki

homing behaviour

whanonga hohoki [whāhoki]

homologous chromosomes

pūira huirua

homologous pair

pūira huirua takirua

homologous series

ranga pūruarite

2005

homozygous dominant

momoira huangarite ira-ngoi

homozygous dominant phenotype

tohuāhua iraruarite ngoi

homozygous genotype

momoira huangarite

homozygous recessive

iraruarite ngoikore

homozygous recessive

momoira huangarite ira-ngoikore

homozygous recessive phenotype

tohuāhua iraruarite ngoikore

hops

hāpi

horizontal

huapae

hīpae

horizontal component

wāhanga huapae

horizontal distance

tawhiti huapae

horizontal line

rārangi huapae

hormone

taiaki

hormone treatment

haumanu/maimoa taiaki

hormones

taiāki

horticulture

ahumāra

mahi māra

hose

tukuwai

ngongowai

host [biol]

kaimanako

hot spot

pūwāhi wera

hot spring

ngāwhā

hoverfly

rangotopaki

ngarotopaki

human

tangata

human and physical resources

rawa ā-tangata, ā-tinana

human body

tinana tangata

human digestive system

pūnaha kūnatu kai o te tangata

human heart

manawa tangata

human respiratory system

pūnaha romahā o te tangata

pūnaha tukupūngao

humerus

peke

humid

takawai

humour, aqueous

waikaru

humour, vitreous

roikaru

humours

wē tinana

hunting wasp

wāpi whaiwhai

Hutt Valley

Awakairangi

hybrid

Parito, parito kanorua

hybrid genetics

iranga parito

hydraulic

waipēhi

hydrocarbon

waiwaro

hydrocarbon refinery

waiwaro tohitū-whakapai

hydrochloric acid

waikawa pūhaumāota

hydrochloric acid

waikawa pūmaota

hydrochloric acid

waikawa pūmāota (HCl)

hydrogen

hauwai (H)

hydrogen carbonate

ōwarokawa hauwai

pākawawaro hauwai

hydrogen chloride

hauwai rua pūhaumāota

hydrogen gas

korohū hauwai (H2)

hydrogen ion

ngota katote hauwai

hydrogen ion

katote hauwai (H+)

hydrogen sulfide

hauwai pūngāwhā

hydrolyse

hāmeha

hydrolysis

whakapāheko ā-wai

hydronium

katote hauwai honowai

2005

hydroponic

whakatipu ā-wai

whakatupu-a-wai, toutou

hydroponic system

pūnaha whakatipu ā-wai, pūnaha

tupu 

hydroponics

huawhenua tipu ā-wai

hydroponics

whakatipu ā-wai

hydroxide

waihā

hydroxide ion

waihā (OH-)

katote waihā

hygiene

noho kiriora

hyperbola

pūwerewere

hypertension

pōrutunga

hypha, hyphae

weuweu

hyphae

weuweu

Wekeweke

hyphae

take-ai-kore

Wekeweke

hypochlorous acid

waikawaiti māota

hypothalamus

tamaatoato

hypothesise

whakapae

marohi

Page updated: 14 August 2007