O English -Māori

object

mea

object

utauta

ahanoa

objective lens

arotahi whārahi

objective, achievement

whāinga paetae

objective, achievement

whāinga paetae

obligate parasite

pirinoa nohohere

observation

mātakinga

observation point

pito tirohanga

observe

mātakitaki

observe

mātakitaki

obsidian

tuhua

matā, tūhua

octane

warowaru

octane

wawaro

Odysseus

Otihiuhi

oesophagus

pūkai

oestrogen

pītaunoni

offspring

uri

Ohm’s Law

Ture a Ohm

oil

hinu

oil gland (leaf)

repenoni

oil spill

rukenga hinu

oil spill

tārutunga hinu

oil spillages

maringi hinu

oily

hinuhinu

Okazaki fragment

mōtete Okazaki

oleic acid

waikawa hinu

2005

olfactory nerve

io ihu

omega-6

ōmeka-6

2005

omnivore

kaikiota

one serving

‘te tohanga tahi’

opaque

matapōrehu

open cast mining

tūkari waro

open minded

puaha te hinengaro, hinengaro puaha

open minded

pūaha te hinengaro / hinengaro pūaha

open-mindedness

pūaha te hinengaro

operating efficiency

tōtika mahi

operation

whakahaere

opportunity

arahura [WH]

opportunity

huarahi ka wātea

whāinga wāhi

opportunity

huarahi wātea

oppose

ātete

whakahē

opposite electrical charge

hihiko kōaro

opposite, invert

kōaro

optic nerve

io karu

optical

ōmata

optical fibre

kaka kaweaho

kaweaho

optical fibre

muka waihanga

optimal growth

tupu papai ake

optimal range

whānui papai

optimisation

arotautanga

option

kōwhiringa

orange skin

kiri ārani

orbit

āmionga

orchid cloning

whakatārua paratawhiti

order

raupapa

order (n.)

pūtoi

order (v.)

raupapa ore tokahuke

order [biol.]

pūtoi

order, sequence

raupapa

ore

tokahuke

ore, bauxite

tokahuke konumohe

organ

whēkau

organ donation

tuku whēkau

organ transplant

whakawhiti wāhanga tinana

organ, intestine

whēkau

piro

organ, sexual

taihemahema

whēkau taihemahema

organelle

whēkauiti

organic farming

ahuwhenua māori

organic polymers

waerau momo waro

organic product

hua waro

organic waste

para nō mataora

para ropi

organise

raupapa

organism

rauropi

organism

moroiti

organism

rauropi

organism

kaiao

organism generation

whakatipu rauropi

origin of biceps

takenga o ngā uarua

origin of triceps

takenga o ngā uatoru

origins of humans

takenga mai o te tangata

ornament

whakakai

orogenic phase

takahanga hanganga maunga

orogeny

hanganga maunga

2005

orthoclase

toka whatitika [straight cleaving; NZTC]

oscillation

kōpiupiutanga

oscilloscope

ine ngaru

osmosis

rerewai

osteoporosis

wheu pōareare

wheua pōareare

ostrich

momoa

outline

paetuhi

outline (n.)

hua

outline (v.t.)

paetuhi

outline [noun]

hua

outline [verb]

paetuhi

output

whakaputanga

ovary

wharekano

ovary

kiato-kākano / whare kano

ovary

ōhanga / kiato-kākano / whare kano

ovary

whare kano / ōhanga / kiato-kākano

overhead projector

rauata

pūata, kōataata

over-perfect numbers

tatau taukē

oviduct

pūkano

oviduct

arakano

ovum

kano

oxidant

āpitihāora, kaipitihāora

2005

oxidation

whakawaikuratanga

waikuratanga

oxidation-reduction

piti hāoratanga-whakaitinga

oxide

waikura

oxide, aluminium

waikura konumohe

oxide, non-metal

waikura konganuku kore

oxide, rust

waikura

oxidising agent

kaiwhakawaikura

oxygen

hāora

oxygen gas

korohū hāora (O2)

haurehu hāora

oxygenated blood

toto whaihāora

ozone

hāora-toru

pekerangi

ozone

hāora-toru / hau ārai

ozone depleting substance

ngaku whakapau hāora toru

ozone layer

papa hāora-toru