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Tapa-ā-Kiwa

package

takai

takatakai, tākai

packaging

pōkaitanga

packaging

momo takatakai

pager

puoho

pūoho

paint factory

aupoke peita

pair

punarua / takirua

pair of bases

pūrua matū-pū

pale pink

māwhero tea

māwhero teatea

palisade layer

apaapa pīwata

[pīwata = palisade]

palisade layer cell

pūtau apaapa pīwata

palm oil

hinu nīkau/kaihuia

2005

palmitic acid

waikawa hinu

2005

pancreas

ateroa

pancreatic juice

wai ateroa

panicle

pūhui tīrepa

Pantheon

Panitiona

Panthus

Panati

paper dart

teka pepa

parabola

unahi

parachute

heketau

paraffin

hinu mewaro

parallel

whakarara

parallel circuit

ara iahiko whakarara

parallel circuit

ara-(iahiko) whakarara

parasite

pirinoa

particle

matūriki

particle

korakora

particle emitter

kaituku korakora

2005

particle nature of matter

korakora o te matū

particle nature of matter

āhuatanga korakora o te matū

particle theory of matter

ariā matūriki

particle, beta

matūriki peta

particle, gamma

matūriki kama

pass through

whiti mā

whakawhiti mā

passive immunity

āraimate huriaro

passive smoking

te kai i ngā auahi o te hunga kaipaipa

auahi tukurua [hui 2004]

patent application

tono whakamana-ā-ture

paternity

pāparatanga

2005

pathogen

merotukumate

pathogen

tukumate

pathogen

kaitukumate

pathogen

kaituku-tahumaero

pathogenic

tukumate

pathogenic disease

mate moroiti kino

pathogens

tukumate; moromate

patient

tūroro

pattern

tauira

pea

pī

peak

tihi

peanut

pīnati

pearly lustre

kānapa māteatea

peat

rei

pedal

taumanu

peduncle

tātāpua

pellicle

kiriwē

pendulum

tautau

peneplain

matahoronui

penetration ability

kaha o te uruhanga

penicillin

rongoā paturopi

penis

ure

pent–2–ene

waiwaro rua–2–pēwaro

pent-2-ene, 2-pentene

waiwaro rua-2-pēwaro, 2-waiwaro rua pēwaro

pentane

pēwaro (C5H12)

pentene

waiwaro rua pēwaro

percentage

ōrautanga

perfect

tautika

perforated

tūwatawata

performance

whakamahi

perfume

kakara, taramea

perfume

whakakakara

perfume

wai kakara

period

rārangi

(of the periodic table)

Periodic Table

Taka Pūmotu

periodic table of elements

ripanga takapūmotu

permanent change

paheko pūmau

peroxide

waikuratei [waikura = oxide + tei, for higher state of oxidation. NZTC]

perpendicular bi-sector

weherua rārangi hāngai

perpendicular to the line

e hāngai ana ki te rārangi

person with kidney damage

tangata mate tākihi

personal

matawhaiaro

whaiaro

personal

taha tangata

personal issues

take ā-tangata

take whai aro

perspective

pāpori

tirohanga

persuade

whakawhere

patipati, akiaki, whakaue

persuade

whakawhere

pest

kīrearea / orotā

pesticide

patukīrea

pestle

kuru

petal

raupua

petiole

tātārau

petrochemical

matūngahinu

matūkōhinu

petrol

kōhinu

petrol gauge

ine kōhinu

petroleum

hinu māori / kohinu

Kōhinu

petroleum product

hua hinu māori

pH

pH, haupū

pH level

taupū pH

pH scale

tauine pH

pH scale

āwhata pH

Phaeacia

Wheahia

phagocyte

ngenikame

phagocyte

ngenimoni

pharmaceutical

rongoā waihanga

pharmaceutical company

kamupene kaitaka rongoā

phase

takanga

phase of the moon

wā o te marama

phases of the moon

rā taka o te maramataka

ngā marama

phases of the moon

āwhiotanga o te marama

phases of the moon

rā taka o te maramataka / wāhanga o Whiro

phenomena, concepts and principles

tītohunga ā-rongo, ariā, mātāpono

phenomenon

tītohunga ā-rongo

phenomenon, physical

tītohunga ā-rongo

tipua

phenotype

tohuāhea

tohuāhua

phenotype

momo-huaira

phenotype determination

whakataunga tohuāhua

phenotype ratio

ōwehenga tohuāhua

phenylalanine

phenylalanine

phenylketonuria

phenylketonuria

philosophy

tautake

kaupapa, toi whakaaro, ariā

phloem

kōkai

phosphate

pākawa tūtaewhetū

phosphate

pākawa tūtae-whetū

phosphorus trichloride

pūtutae whetū haumāota toru

photo-cathode

pitoiho-pūruke

photochemical smog

kōtuhi hoherama matūtanga

photograph, aerial

whakaahua arorangi

photographic reproduction

pūruatanga ā-whakaahua

photosynthesis

ahotakakame

Phrynichus

Pirinika

phylloclade

tatapapa

tātāpapa

phylogenetic relationship

pātahitanga tātaitata

phylum

pori

phylum, sub

pori iti

physical

taha hanga

physical change

paheko ōkiko

physical device

pūrere ahupūngao

physical factor, physical feature, physical property

āhuatanga ōkiko

physical factors

āhuatanga ōkiko

physical phenomena

tītohunga-ā-rongo

physical phenomena

putaputa āhua

physical principles

pono ahupūngao

physical properties

ahaoti ōkiko

physical property

āhuatanga ōkiko

physical property

ngakuāhua ōkiko

tūāhua ōkiko

physical quantity

rahinga ahupūngao

physical quantity

rahi ōkiko

physical quantity

rahinga kikokiko

physical system

pūnahanaha ahupūngao

physical world

te ao ahupūngao

physical world

ao ahupūngao

physics

ahupūngao

physiological

ōropi

physiological adaptation

urutaunga oropi

picture graph

kauwhata whakaahua

pig farming

pāmu poaka

pig pedigree chart

tūtohi kāwai poaka

piglet

punua

pigment

kano

pine cone

puku paina

pinnate

matahuru

pip

pata

pip, seed, spore, granule

pata

pipette

ngoiti

pistil

hema-uha

piston

kōkeke

piston

pātuki

pitch (tone)

wau

pituitary

repetutupu ; repe tupu [Te Muka]

pituitary gland

repetutupu

pivot

kaurori

the oar pivots

place where two waters meet

pūruatanga

pūtahitanga

placenta

whenua

placer

pūhuke

plagioclase

toka whatihōtiu [oblique cleaving; NZTC]

plan

hoahoa

plan

mahere

plan of action

mahere hei whāinga

plane

papatahi, papa

plane boundary

kotikoti papatahi

plane mirror

whakaata papatahi

2005

planet

aorangi

whetūriki

planetarium

whare mātai rangihori, whare mātaki ātea

planetarium

whare mātai rangihori / whare mātaki ātea

whare arorangi

planisphere

rangihori

planning

whakahoahoa

māherehere, whakamahere

planning

hoahoa

planning

whakatakoto mahere

plant

tipu

tupu

plant cell

pūtau tipu

plant propogation

whakamakuru tupu

plant tissue

pūtautau tupu

plant tissue culture

maretai kikonga tipu

plant, flowering

tipu whaipua

Plantae

Tipu

tuputupu, otaota

plaque

kitokito

plasma

taitoto

wētoto

plastic

kirihou

plastic bag

pēke kirihou

plasticine

kerepēhi, kerepeti

uku kirihou

plate boundary

ripa nekepapa

plate tectonics

ariā nukupapa

platelet

mōtepe

plates

papana

platinum

konukawata [Te Muka 16(1)]

platyhelminth

ngunu papatahi

play-dough

kerepēhi

paraoa pokepoke

plesiosaur

mokotata

plot [e.g. graph]

tā

plotting

tā

plumule

pūhī

Pluto

Whiro

Tama-i-Waho

plutonic

tokanuku

pneumatic

whāhauhau

pneumonia

pūkahu kakā

poach (cook)

kōhua

whakamamaoa

pocket money

moni pūkoro

pod, of pea

pākano, wakakano

2005

point (incl. geometrical)

pūwāhi

point mutation

irakētanga pūwāhi

point of time

pūwāhi

point of view, from the teenagers’

mai i te tirohanga taiohi

pūamaru ā-taiohi

poison

paihana

Paitini

polar

pitorua

2005

polar ice cap

motutio tōpito

pollen

hahae, hae

pollinated, be

whakahahae

pollinating agent

matū hae

pollination

ruinga hae

pollination

ruingahae

pollination

haetanga / ruinga hae

pollinator

kairuingahae

pollution

tūkinotanga

para o te taiao, whakapara i te taiao

Pollution by energy

tūkinotanga ā-pūngao

pollution, environment

tūkinotanga ā-taiao

pollution, lead

whakaparu ā-matā

polymer

waerau

polymerisation

whakawairautanga

polynomial graph

kauwhata pūrau

polypeptide

pētinirau

2005

polysaccharide

hukarau

polysaccharide

hukarau

polythene

poritene

polyunsaturated

hamanga rau

polyvinylalcohol

waihā tapeharau

Pompey

Pomopei

Poor Knight Is

Tawhiti Rahi

popcorn

kānga pāhūhū

kānga pahū, kānga pakō, kānga pakopako

popcorn

kānga pāhūhū

kānga pakū/pahū

population

taupori

population parameter

tawhā taupori

porous

pōareare

pōareare

positive

ake

oho [for atoms], tōrunga

positive

hua pai

[attitude etc]

positive charge

hihiko oho

positive end

pito ake

pito oho

positive ion

katote+ve / katote oho

positive nuclei

karihi oho

positive value

uara tōrunga

Ritenga tūrunga

poster

pānui whakaahua nui

pānui whakaata, pānui whakaatu

poster

pānui whakaahua

Potassium carbonate

konurehu pākawa waro

potassium chloride

konurehu haumāota

potassium dichromate

konurehu pākatirua pūmura

potassium hydroxide

konurehu waihā (KOH)

potassium hydroxide base

konurehu hauwai rohū

potassium iodide

konurehu konutawa

2005

potassium permanganate

pāhare pāporo

konurehu = potassium [check permanganate]

potassium permanganate

pāhare pāporo

[pāhare + poro > purple-coloured salt]

potassium permanganate solution

wairewa pāhare pāporo

potassium permanganate, Condy’s Crystals

korakora wai poroporo

potassium sulfide

konurehu pūngāwhā

potential energy

pūngao moe

pūngao torohū

potential energy, gravitational

pūngao torohū tō-ā-papa

pūngao moe ā-tō-ā-papa

pottery glazes

pani uku

pottery glazes

tae uku

powder

paura

power

kaha

power

ngoi

power output

whakaputanga ngoi

power pack

pouaka hiko

power rating

tau kaha

tau kaha ā-hiko, pāpātanga kaha hiko

power station

whare hiko

power supply

puna hiko

2005

power, energy

ngoi

practical investigations

tūhura ā-ringa

tūhura nanao

precipitate

whakauruhi

predator

kaikonihi

predator

konihi

predict

matapae

predicted pH

pH matapae

prediction

titiro whakamua, matapae

prediction

matapae

prediction

matapae titiro / whakamua

prediction

titiro whakamua / matapae

predictions

titiro whakamua

pregnancy, ectopic

hapūtanga pūkano

pregnant

hapū

preliminary option

otinga tōmua

preparation, food

taka

prepare

whakarite

present

tāpae

present information

whakatakoto kōrero

presentation

whakatakoto

tāpaetanga, whakaaturanga, whakaatu

preserve

tohu

preserve

roki

preserve food

rokiroki kai

preserved food

kai rokiroki

preserving

tohu

pressure

pēhanga

prevention

aukatinga

primary alcohol

waiwaihā tuatahi

primary body

ao-matua

primate

whāngote waewae-rua

prime

toitū

principle

pono

principle

mātāpono

principle, biological

mātāpono koiora

principle, physical

mātāpono ahupūngao

principles and processes

mātāpono me ngā hātepe/tukanga

prism

pororua tapa

pororua, porotoru etc

problem

hopanga

panga,

problem

take

problem solving

hīraurau hopanga

rapanga

problem solving

tikanga whakaoti rapanga

process

tukanga

takinga

process

hātepe

process industry

ahumahi hātepe

process, chemical

tukanga matū

process, genetic

tukanga iranga

process, manufacturing

tukanga ahumahi

process, neutralisation

tukanga whāpāhare

tukanga whakakupapa

processing

tukatuka

processing

tukanga

Procleon

Porokiona

produce

whakanao

produce

huaina / whakanao

producer

pūkame [biol.]

producer

pūkame

producer [biol.]

pūkame

product

otinga

product

hua / otinga

production

whakanaonga

production

taha whakanao

production

whakanao

production and process technology

hangarau whakanao, hātepe

production plan

mahere whakanao

profit

huanga moni

progesterone

pītaukune

project

pūtere

whakaata

project plan

mahere pūrero

mahere kaupapa

projected population

taupori matapae

projectile motion

nekehanga tītere

prokaryote

porokariote

2005

promote

whakatairanga

promotion

whakatairanga

propanal

hāparo-tahi pōwaro

propane

pōwaro (C3H8)

propanoic acid

waikawa pōwaro

propanol

waihā pōwaro

propanone

hāparo-rua pōwaro

propeller

uruuru

topatopa

propene

waiwaro rua pōwaro

properties

ngakuāhua, āhuatanga

property

āhuatanga

property (sci.), feature

āhuatanga

āhuatanga pūtaiao

property [sci.]

āhuatanga

property, chemical

āhuatanga matū

property, physical

āhuatanga ōkiko

proportion

ōwehenga

proportional

hāngai / rahinga ōrite

proportional to the square

hāngai ki te pūrua

propylmethanoate

mehākawa mewaro pōwaro

prostate gland

repeure

prostrate

tukupapa

tāpapa, takoto

proteases

kōnatupūmua

protect

parepare

2005

protected

parea

haumaru

protein

pūmua

protein coat

koti pūmua

protein coat

kahu-pūmua

protein synthesis

kōtui pūmua

protist

kapoke

Protista

Pūtautahi

proton

iraoho

protophyte

tipu pūtautahi

protoplanet

ao-tauira taketake

prototype

tauira tuatahi

protozoan

kararehe pūtautahi

prove

āta whakaatu, hāpono

pterosaur

mokorere

puberty

pūhurutanga, pūhuruhurutanga

whai huruhuru

public health

hauora tūmatanui

public safety

haumarutanga tūmatanui

haumarutanga ā-iwi/ ā-hapori

publicity campaign

whakatutū tūmatanui

pull force

tōpana tō

pulley

tauru

pulmonary artery

iatuku pūkahukahu

pulmonary vein

iahoki pūkahukahu

pulse

ngātere

Hoto

pumice

koropungapunga

pump, bicycle

papu paihikara

pump, heart

papu manawa

pump, of heart

papu manawa

punctuated equilibrium

tauritenga pūputu

punctuated evolution

kunenga pūputu

2005

punnet

ipurauhī

Punnett square

Tūtohi Punnet, tūtohi tukutuku

pupil, of eye

whatu

pī

pure

horomata / urutapu

pure breeding seed

kākano tāuri urutapu

pure metal

konganuku urutapu

pure metal

konganuku-urutapu

purify

horoi

whakaurutapu; pure

purity

horomata

2005

purpose

whāinga

purposeful

whai patanga

whai take, whai tikanga

push force

tōpana hei

pana, tōpanatanga

Pyrrha

Paira