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sacrificial metal

konganuku raupanga

safe

haumaru

safe

haumaru / marutau

safe and reliable processes for production

hātepe/tukanga haumaru tōtika mō te whakanao

safety

marutau

safety

rauora

safety practices

tikanga haumaru

safety seat

nohoanga rauora

sail

kōmaru

rā, rāwhara

Sale of Liquor Act

Te Ture Hoko Waipiro

salivary amylase

amirea hūareare

salivary gland

repe huare

salmon

haramono

2005

Salmonella

Haramonera

salt

tote; pāhare [chem.]

kurutai

sample

tautauira

tīpako

sample tested

whakamātau tauira

sample, specimen

tautauira

sandstone

kōhatukeho

hōanga

sandstone

kōhatu one

sandstone

toka-onepū / kohatu awa

sap (of tree)

pia

tarawai (inside tree), kapia (exuding from tree)

saprophyte

hamupirau

satellite

aorangi

satellite

aorangi hori

satellite

amiorangi

satellite, technological

aorangi hori

SATIRE

RŌRĀ

saturated

pūhake

mākū, tōpuni

saturated fat

hinu pūhake

ngako pūhake/hinu

Saturn

Rongo

Pareārau

scale

āwhata

scale-like leaf

rau inohi

scanner

pūmatawai (roro)

whakamatirau

scapula

hakikoko

scar (land)

riwha

scarcity

mōmōhanga

ongenga

scavenge

hamuhamu

scavenger

kaihamu

hamu

scenario

wheako whakaari

school-based planning

whakamahere ā-kura

scientist

kaipūtaiao

tohunga pūtaiao

scientist

mātanga pūtaiao

scoria

rahoto

scrape

waruwaru

scratch

rapi

scree

kōhatuhatu

scrotum

pūkoro raho / pūraho

kiri raho

sea level

tai moana

seal

hira

taupoki, taeapa

sealed container

oko haupuru

Seam (Geo)

papaputanga

maurua (fabric)

section (cross-section)

motunga

tapahanga (kōtaha)

section, caesarian

motu whakawhānau

poka whakawhānau, poka whānau

section, cross

motu hake

motunga, tapahanga (kōtaha)

section, longitudinal

motu roa

tapahanga whāroa

section, transverse

motu hake

tapahanga whānui

sector [maths]

pewanga

sedge

wīwī

sediment

parataiao

waipara

sedimentary layer

papanga hore, papanga parataiao

sedimentary layer

papanga hore

sedimentary phase

takahanga papanga

sedimentary rock

toka parataiao / toka hore

seed

pata

kano, kākano, hira, purapura

seed

kākano

seed bed

pārekereke

seed coat

kiri kākano, koti kākano

kahu kākano

seed head

pūhui hua

seesaw

tieke

tiemi 

segment [maths]

tapahanga

seismic activity

rū whenua

seismograph

kauwhata rū

seismograph reading

pānuitanga kauwhata rū

seismometer

inerū

select

kōwhiri

select

tīpako

selection pressure

pēhanga whiriwhiri

selection, artificial

whiringa tangata / whirihori

selection, artificial

whirihori

selection, natural

whiringa māori

self replication

tukurua whaiaro

tāruarua whaiaro

selling price

utu hoko

semen

waitātea

taitea, waiora

semen

tātea

semen, sperm

tātea

semicircular canal

awakoko

semi-conservative

āhua-tūpatopato

seminal vesicle

roma tātea, miru penatātea

2005

seminar

kauhau

semi-permeable membrane

kiriuhi hītari

senses

tairongo

separate

motu ke

septicaemia

mate ero, toto pirau

sequence

raupapa upane

raupapatanga

sequence

raupapa(tanga)

sequence

raupapa

series

hātepe

series branch

huinga pekanga

series circuit

ara-(iahiko) hātepe

serious illness

tūpoupou

serrated

niniho

serrated, toothed

niniho

service

ratonga

service

whakaritenga ratonga

set [maths]

huinga

set of axes

huinga tuaka

sewage

parakaingaki, paranga

sewage system

pūnaha parakaingaki

sewage treatment

whakapai parakaingaki

sewage treatment station

teihana haumanu parakaingaki

sewerage

pūnaha parakaingaki

sewerage (system)

pūnaha parakaingaki

sexual (reproduction)

paratau

ai, aitanga

sexual activity

mahi tōkai

sexual reproduction

tōkai

sexual reproduction

whakaputa uri tōkai

sexual reproduction

paratau

sexual reproduction

whakaputa uri ā-tōkai

sexually transmitted infection

whakapokenga i whakawhitihia e te ai

shade

whakamarumaru

maru (n)

shaded area

horahanga kauruku

wāhi kauruku, kaurukutanga

shadow

ātārangi

ata (human), maru (others)

shadow

kōruru

shadows

ataata

shaft

poutāwhiowhio.

shale

toka uku

sheep’s sorrel

paewhenua hipi (Rumex acetosella)

shell

āmionga o waho (o te karihi)

shellfish

mātaitai

shellfish populations

taupori mātaitai

shelter (from wind)

whakamāhau

ruru, tāruru

shiny

mōhinuhinu / piataata

pīataata

shiny

piataata / mōhinuhinu

shock wave

hihi tumeke

iarere tumeke

shoot (of plant)

pūhī

shooting star

unahi-o-Takero

whetū rere, kōtiri

short sighted

kite tata

short-tailed bat

pekapeka whiore poto

short-term effect

pānga taupoto

shrub

mauwha

Tarutaru

shrubs

rākau ware

SI

Pūnaha Waeine ā-Ao

sibling

tungāne-tuahine

sighted, long

kite mao

sighted, short

kite tata

significant difference

rerekētanga tāpua

significant figure

mati tāpua

silage

para pāmu

roki hei

silicon chip

mōtete takawai

silicon dioxide

takawai hāorarua

silk screen print

waituhi ā-papanga

haraunga hiraka

siltstone

kōhatu parahua

silver

hiriwa

silver

hiriwa (Ag)

silviculture

onorākau

simple derivative

pārōnaki māmā

simple electrical circuit

ara iahiko mataiti

simple harmonic motion

nekehanga hawarite māmā

simple pendulum

tautau māmā

simple structure

hanganga mataiti

hanga noa

simplified description

whakaahua mataiti

simultaneous linear equation

whāritenga tukutahi rārangi

Sine Rule

Ture Aho

single bond

hononga takitahi

single parent

matua-kotahi

matua moke, matua takakau

single stranded

aho tahi

single-celled zygote

huanga pūtau-tahi

sink

totohu

sinking (eg. in water)

totohu

sinking (eg. sun)

whakawhenua

tō, tau

siphon

ngongo, pūkawe

Sirius

Takurua

Dog star

situation

tūāhua

six-sided

tapa-ono

skateboard

papawira

papawīra

skateboarder

kaipapawīra

kaieke papawīra

skeletal muscle

uaua kōiwi

skeletomuscular system

pūnaha kōiwiuaua

skeletomuscular system

pūnaha tuahiwiuaua

sketch

tuhi haehae

tuhi

sketch

tuhi haehae

tuhi hoahoa

sketches

tuhinga whakaahua

skill

pūkenga

skill

pūmanawa

skills and understanding

pūkenga me te māramatanga

skin

kiri

peha

skin disorder

harehare

skin pigmentation

ngakutae kiri

skink

mokomomo

slash notation

momotuhi hae

slate

mākoha

sled kite

manu puai

sledge

kōneke

sleeping bag

pūngene

kōpaki moe, pūkoro moe, papanarua

slimy

hāwaniwani

slope

naki

slow

pūhoi

slow bowler

kaiepa pōturi

slurry

ranunga-toka

small intestine

piro iti

smog

kohupara

smoke

auahi

smoke alarm

whakaara auahi

matīra auahi

smoke cannabis

momi taruhea

momi tarukino

smooth

maeneene

smooth muscle

uaua māene

smooth-edged (leaf)

rauene

snail, kauri

pūpūrangi

snowfield

papahuka(rere)

social

pāpori

social bee

pī pāpori

social hierarchy

aroākapa pāpori

social implication

pānga pāpori

societal actions or strategies

mahi/rautaki pāpori

societal influence

awenga pāpori

societal issue

take pāpori

sodium

konutai

sodium chloride

konutai pūhaumāota

sodium ethanoate

konutai ehākawa

2005

sodium hydroxide

konutai waihā (NaOH)

sodium hypochlorite

konutai waikawa-ngori haumāota [2006]

sodium oxide

konutai waikura

sodium propanoate

pōhākawa konutai

2005

soft

ngoingoi

solar

kūtia

kōmaru

solar cell

pūtau kōmaru

solar eclipse

āraitanga rā

solar eclipse

whenumi

solar energy

pūngao kōmaru

ngao kōmaru

solar panel

papa komaru

papa kōmaru

Solar Power

Ngao Kōmaru

solar powered car

motokā kōmaru

solar shower

kōmaru hīrere

solar system

kukume a Tama-nui-te-rā

Te Whānau o Tama nui te Rā

solar system

rere o Tama-nui-te-ra

solid

totoka

totoka

solid

utoka

ūtoka

solid fat

ngako totoka

solid state of the substance

te wā e totoka ana te āhua o te ngaku

solidify

whātoka

totoka

solidify

whakatoka

solstice

tuakaihautanga o Tama-nui-te-rā

solstice, summer

Ihu o Hineraumati,

solstice,winter

Ihu o Hinetakurua

solubility

memehatanga

solubility

whakarewa

whakarewatanga

soluble

rewa

soluble metal oxide

waikura konganuku memehā

solute

rerewa

solution

wairewa

solution

otinga

solution (liquid)

wairewa

solution, concentrated

wairewa ero

solution, dilute

wairewa meha

solve equation

whakaoti whārite

solve problem

whakaoti rapanga

hīraurau

solvent

whakarewa

sonic

pāorooro

soot

awe

sophisticated

mātanga

sound

pūoro

rongo, oro

sound energy

ngao oro

sour

kawa

source

matatiki, matamata

source interference

whakaawenga pūtake

south celestial pole

pou tonga ā-rangi

Southern Alps

Te Tiritiri o te Moana

Southern Cross

Te Taki o Autahi

Mahutonga

southern hemisphere

tuakoi tonga

Southern Rata (Metrosideros umbellata)

rātā

soybean

hoipīni

space (n.)

ātea

whaitua

space (n.)

ātea

mokowā (interval)

space (v.)

mokowā

whakawehewehe, wāwahi

space exploration

hōpara ātea

space orbiter

waka amio ātea

space probe

pōkai ātea

space race

rerenga ki tuarangi

whakataetae taunaha ātea

space rocket

waka ātea / waka tākirirangi

space rocketry

mātauranga tākirirangi

space rubbish

para-ātea

space shuttle

waka kōpiko

space station

kāinga ātea

taunga ātea

space, interval, gap

mokowā

āputa, pūwāhi

spatial relationship

hononga mokowā

spear

tao

special feature

āhuatanga motuhake

special property

āhuatanga ōkiko motuhake

special skill

pūkenga motuhake

specialist

mātanga

specialist vocabulary and symbols

ngā kupu me ngā tohu mātanga e tika ana

speciation

whakamomonga

Whakamomo

species

momo

species, sub

momo iti

specific

tauwhāiti

specific audience

apataki tauwhāiti

Minenga

specific heat capacity

kahapupuri wera motuhake

specific mechanical functions

mahinga pūhana tauwhaiti

specific technological development

Whanaketanga hangarau tauwhāiti

specification

tohutohu

specification

tūturutanga

specifications

tohutohu

Spectral Type

Momo Hihinga

spectroscopy

pārere ā-hihinga

spectroscopy

wetenga ā-hihinga

spectrum

hihinga

spectrum of hydrogen

tuāwhiorangi hauwai

speed – time graph

kauwhata wā-tere

speed camera

kāmera inetere

speed gun

pū inetere

speed limit

pae tere

speedometer

ine-tere

sperm

tātea

sperm cell

pūtau tātea

sperm count

tātai tātea

sperm duct

ara tātea

sperm tube (vas deferens)

awatātea

sphere

poi

spike (raceme)

pūhui roa

splash

tīehu

paratī

split the atom

tīwari i te ngota

2005

sporangium

pānepata

panepata

spore

pata

spore

patapata

spore

pua-atua

sprain

takoki

taui

spray

whakaparatī

rehu

spreading

tūraha

spreadsheet

ripanga

spring

waea pōkai

pūnikoniko

spring

whana

spring (metal object)

waea pōkai

spring (mineral)

waiariki, ngāwhā

puna wai

spring balance

whārite waea pōkai

tairite pūnikoniko

square

pūrua

pūruatanga

squash ball

poipātū

squashed

kōpiripiri

squirt

paratī

stability

pūmautanga

taunga

stain (n.)

pūriko

stain (v.)

whātae

stain [noun]

puriko

stain [verb]

whātae

stalactite

koeko iri

stalagmite

koeko tū

stalk, stem

tātā

stamen

hematoa

stamen

hema-toa

stamp

tāpanehia

pane, tohutuku

stand, microscope

tūnga whārahi

standard deviation

ine mahora

standard of living

paerewa noho

standard, conventional

waeine ōkawa

standing wave

ngaru tū

star

whetū

star trail

rerenga whetū

starch

māngaro

starch granule

pūpata mangaro

pata māngaro

starch solution

wairewa māngaro

state of positive charge

āhua hihiko oho

statement

tauāki

static electricity

hiko pateko

statistic

tauanga

tātaritari, tātaitairanga

statistics

tauanga

statistics

tatauranga

statutory requirement

here ā-ture

steam

korohū

Mamaoa

steam distillation

iheu ā-hauwai

steam distillation

iheutanga hauwai

stearic acid

waikawa nenehake

2005

steel

maitai

steel

maitai / tīra

steel poker

takiahi maitai

steep

rārangi aupiki nui

tiketike, poupou

steep in water

mara

kōpiro

stegosaurus

mokotuapuku

stem

tāta

tātā

stem tip

moka tātā

pito tātā

sterilise

kokoti ero, ero kore

steroid

pūtaiaki

taiaki hori

stiffness

mārō

stigma

tauhae

stigmata

tauhae

stir up (water)

tīehu

stirrup, of ear

honoroto

stomach

puku

stomach ulcer

mariao puku

stomach wall

kiripuku

stomata

pōare

stone, of fruit

karihi

storage

whakaputu

storage

rokiroki

store

rokiroki

penapena

straggling

tūtārere

straight (hair)

torokaka

straight conductor

pūkawe ia tōtika

straight sloping line

rārangi aupiki waenga

straightforward derivative

pārōnaki māmā

straighthaired coat

koti huru-torokaka

strain [e.g. the back]

tanuku

strata, fabric

papanga

strategy

whakamōhio

rautaki

stratification

papatūranga

paparanga

stratified rock

toka papanga

stratigraphic column

ripa papatūranga toka

stratosphere

kōhaupapa

stratus

te kupenga a Tara-mai-nuku

stream

manga

strength

torokaha

strength

kaha

strenuous exercise

kori tinana kaha

stretch (v.t.)

whakamakoha

stretch fabric

papanga makoha

papanga toro, papanga tāwariwari

stretched

kūtoro

stridulatory

whakakitakita (WH)

string

tuaina

aho

strip (mine)

huke huhu

strong (acid/base)

rohi

structural adaptation

urutaunga tinana

structural formula

tātai hanganga

ture hanga, ture anga

structural isomer

poinanaha hanganga

structure

hanga

anga

structure

whakanahanaha

structure (mineral)

anga kohuke

structure and function

hanganga

structure, sub-atomic

hanga ngota iti

structures and mechanisms of technology

hanganga me ngā pūhanga o te hangarau

student

ākonga

pia, tauira

student achievement

Paetae ākonga

study

mātai

aro

stunt

mahi manawa kaitūtae

style (of flower)

awahae

sub phylum

pori iti

sub species

momo iti

sub-atomic structure

hanga ngota iti

subduction

taumāwhe

2005

sublimation

whāhau

submarine

waka kōpiro

waka ruku

substance

matū

substance

ngaku

succession (biol.)

tauatanga

succulent

tuawhiti

ngaore

sucrose

hūhuka

suggest ways

whakaputa whakaaro

sulfate ion

pūkawa ngawhā (SO42-)

sulfur dichloride

pūngāwhā haumāota rua

sulfur dioxide

waikurarua pūngāwhā

sulfur trioxide

pūngāwhā waikura toru

sulfuric acid

waikawa pungatara

sulphate

pūkawa ngāwhā ; pākawa pungatara [TM]

sulphate

pākawa ngāwhā

sulphite

whākawa ngāwhā ; pākati pungatara, pākati ngāwhā [TM]

sulphite

whākawa ngāwhā

sulphur

pūngāwhā, pungawerawera

sulphur dioxide

pungatara hāora rua / pungāwhā hāora rua (SO2)

sulphur dioxide

pūngāwhā waikura rua (SO2)

sulphur trioxide

pūngāwhā waikura toru (SO3)

sulphuric acid

pūngāwhā waikawa

sulphuric acid

waikawa pūngāwhā (H2SO4)

sun

rā

Sun

Tama-nui-te-Rā

sunflower

putirā

superconductivity

pūkawekawe

superconductor

pūkawekawe

supergiant

whetū nunui whakaharahara

superimposed, be

noho whakapiri ki runga

supermarket

hokomaha

supermarket

whare hokorau

superphosphate fertiliser

pākawa tūtae-whetū

supply

putunga

support

tokohanga

tautoko 

surface

mata

surface area

horahanga o te mata

mata, horahanga mata

surface landscape

mata o papa

mata o te whenua

surface of the Earth.

mata o Papa-tū-ā-nuku

surplus

tuwhene

survey

tiro whānui

rangahau

survey

whānui

suspension system [on vehicle]

pūnaha tautāwari, pūnaha uehātāwari

2005

swamp

repo

sweat gland

repe werawera

sweat gland

repe tōtā

swimming pool chemicals

matū o te hōpua kaukau

swinging

kōpiupiu

switch

panahiko

pana, pana whakakā 2005

symbiotic

taupuhipuhi

symbol

tohu

symbol

waitohu

symbol, marker

tohu

sympatric

nohotata toitū

sympatric speciation

whakamomo toiāhua

2005

symptom

tohu

synovial cavity

whārua whakamākū

synovial fluid

kūtere whakamāku

synthesis

kōtui

synthesis

kōtuitanga

synthesiser

tukutahi

synthesiser

tukutahi, pūrere kōtui

synthetic

matū waihanga

synthetic fuels

hinu kōtui

system

pūnaha

system, metric

pūnaha rau

systematic

nahanaha

systematic plan

mahere nahanaha

mahere nahanaha