Māori - English - K

ka noho kaihuawhenua

kaiota

vegetarian, be a

kaha

pūrahi ngaru

amplitude

kaha

power

kaha

strength

kaha (P)

power

kaha mohou

Hou

freshness

kaha o te papahiko

electric field strength

kaha o te tauhohenga

reactivity

kaha o te uruhanga

penetration ability

kaha pānoa tauhohehohe, pānga o te kaha o ngā tauhohenga

relative reactivities

kaha wātea mai

availability

kaha whai takenga

feasibility

kahaki

take (by force)

kahapupuri

capacity

kahapupuri wera / ōpunga

heat capacity

kahapupuri wera motuhake

specific heat capacity

kahu

mantle

kahu pareanu, kahuruku

kahuruku

wet suit

kāhui pūtau / kiko / pūtautau

tissue

kāhui whetū

tātai whetū

constellation

kahuki

reflex

kahuki pona, kahuki turi

knee jerk

kahuku

kahukura

monarch butterfly

kahupapa

layer, thick mass

kahu-pūmua

protein coat

kai ngako

fat intake

kai rokiroki

preserved food

kai tāhawahawa

contaminated food

kai whai oranga

healthy food

kai whakakaha

nutrition

kaiakatanga/kaiaka

māiatanga, toanga

competence

kaiao

organism

kaiaromatū

chemist

kaieke paihikara

cyclist

kaiepa pōturi

slow bowler

kaiepa tere

fast bowler

kaihamu

hamu

scavenger

Kaihautū

Leader

kaihī arumoni

commercial fishermen

kaihirihiri

heterotrophic

kaihuaota

botanist

kaikame

consumer (sci. )

kaikame [biol.]

consumer

kaikiko

carnivore

kaikino waipiro

tūkino waipiro

alcohol abuse

kaikiota

omnivore

kaikonihi

predator

kaimanako

host [biol]

kaimātai arorangi

astronomer

kaimātai huaota

tohunga otaota / huaota

botanist

kaimātai koiora, kaimātai mataora

tohunga mataora, tohunga koiora,

biologist

kāinga ātea

taunga ātea

space station

kaiora

nutrition

kaiota

herbivore

kaipapawīra

kaieke papawīra

skateboarder

kaipōkai tuarangi

astronaut

kaipūtaiao

tohunga pūtaiao

scientist

kairangahau

researcher

kairāwhina whakawhānau [Te Muka]

kaiāwhina whakawhānau, tāpuhi whaka whānau

midwife

kairuingahae

pollinator

kaitakitaki iratuki

2005

radioactive tracer

kaitāmi whākōkī

enzyme inhibitor

Kaitātai arowhenua

geologist

kaitātai-arorangi

kaitātai whetū, kaitātai ātea

astronomer

kaitauhohe, huatakinga, matū hohe

reactant

kaitīnei ahi

fire fighter

kaituku

donor

kaituku korakora

2005

particle emitter

kaitukumate

pathogen

kaituku-tahumaero

pathogen

kaiwhakahohe

reagent

kaiwhakapopo / whakapirau

decomposer

kaiwhakatina koiora

biological control agent

kaiwhakawaikura

oxidising agent

kaka

filament (stamen)

kaka kaweaho

kaweaho

optical fibre

kaka wira

tokowira, paewira, uehā

axle

kaka-aku

Papanga

textile

kākahu pirikiri

tight – fitting clothes

kakano

texture

kākano

drupe (stone fruit)

kākano

seed

kākano

texture

kākano koti-kūreherehe

wrinkled-coated seed

kākano patatini

poroporo, hua patatini

berry (fleshy fruit with several pips)

kākano tāuri urutapu

pure breeding seed

kakara / taramea

perfume

kakara tūturu

characteristic smell

kakara, taramea

perfume

kakātanga

2005

inflammation

kakati

grip

kakati

taukatikati

zip

kakau

axle

kakawe iahiko

Pūkawe iahiko

electrical conductor

kakawe wera

thermal conductor

kame

feed

kāmera inetere

speed camera

Kamomere

Chamomile

kamupene kaitaka rongoā

pharmaceutical company

kānapa māteatea

pearly lustre

kanapa-kōata

glass-like lustre

kānga pāhūhū

kānga pahū, kānga pakō, kānga pakopako

popcorn

kānga pāhūhū

kānga pakū/pahū

popcorn

kano

ovum

kano

pigment

kano ārai mate

kanokaro 2005

vaccine

kano āraihanga mate

kanokarotanga 2005

vaccination

kanoirite

isotope

kanokāriki

chlorophyll

kanokore, taekore

colourless

kāore i āwhatatia

not to scale

kāore nei he hokinga whakamuri

irreversible

kapa / konukura (Cu)

copper

kapakapa manawa

heart rate

kapakapa manawa tīmata

initial heart rate

kapapori

kapapori: social, community rank

background (of a person)

kāpehu

compass

kāpia

gum

kapoke

pūkohu wai

algae

kapoke

puanga kapoke

algal bloom

kapoke

protist

kapoke pūtau-tahi

unicelluler algae

kaponga

huruwhenua (generic)

fern

kapua irahiko

electron cloud

kapua whakapipi

cumulus

kāpuni māori

hautahu

natural gas

kāpunipuni

compressed natural gas (CNG)

kapurangi

compost

karā

basalt

karahā

mouth freshener

karaka koiora

biological clock

kararehe

animal

Kararehe

Animalia

kararehe pūtautahi

protozoan

kararehe wai

aquatic animal

Karauria

Claudius

karawhā

tuaka

midrib

kare-ā-roto

feeling

karetao

ponana hiko

robot

kāri pakihi

business card

karihi

pū, uho

core

karihi

core (nucleus)

karihi

nuclear

karihi

nucleus

karihi

nucleus, nuclei

karihi

stone, of fruit

karihi oho

positive nuclei

karihi pūtau

cell nucleus

karihirerehū

thermonuclear

kārihirihi

nucleolus

karikari

mining

karikari kirikiri rino

mining iron sands

karikari kōura

mining gold

karu whārahi

microscope

karu whārahi irahiko

electron microscope

karu whārahi irahiko

microscope, electron

karu whātata

telescope

karurua

binoculars

karuwhārahi

microscope

Kātati

Carthage

kātere rārangi

linear accelerator

kātohu whero

red litmus

kātoretore

glow, dim

kātoretore

glow, dim, glimmering

katote

ion

katote hauwai (H+)

hydrogen ion

katote hauwai honowai

2005

hydronium

katote konganuku (Na+)

metal ion

katote pākawa waro (CO32-)

carbonate ion

katote whīwhiwhi

complex ion

katote+ve / katote oho

positive ion

katotetanga

2005

ionisation

katote-ve / katote hiko

negative ion

kātua

adult (of animal)

kauae-timu

tetanus

kauhau

seminar

kaumuri

backswimmer

kaunoti hikahika

wood rubbed together

kaunuku

movement

kaunuku o te whenua

ground movement

kauoro

grind

kauoro mōhiti

lens grinding

kaupae

rung

kaupapa mahi ā-rorohiko

computer project

kaupapa matua

function

kaupare

2005

combat [e.g. disease]

kaupeka hangarau

technological area

kaupeka me ngā horopaki hangarau

technological areas and contexts

kaurori

the oar pivots

pivot

kautere haere

move freely

kauwhata

graph

kauwhata mamao–wā

distance–time graph

kauwhata pūrau

polynomial graph

kauwhata rū

seismograph

kauwhata wā-tawhiti

distance – time graph

kauwhata wā-tere

speed – time graph

kauwhata whakaahua

picture graph

kauwhata, tōpū hotuku

graph

kawa

sour

kāwaiheke

inheritance

kawakore

base

kawakore / waikawa kore

base

Kawakore haumi

Conjugate base

kawakore, waikawakore

base [chem.]

kawatanga, waikawatanga

acidity

Kawatiri

Westport

kawau moe roa

drift net

kawe hiko

conduct electricity

kawe ia

conductivity

kawe ia (hiko)

conductivity

kawe ia kore

non conductor

kawe ia wera

heat conductivity

kawe wera

conduct heat

kawehā

haemoglobin

kawehiko

electrode

kawehiko tūpuku

2005

inert electrode

kawekawe

tendril

kawenga

medium

kāwiri Archimedes

kāwiri /tāwiri

Archimedes’ screw

keakea

hoihoi, turituri

volume (loudness)

Keiha

Caesar

kēna rehu matūriki

kēne rehu, kēne rehumatū

aerosol can

kerepēhi

poke

dough

kerepēhi

plasticine

kerepēhi

paraoa pokepoke

play-dough

kerepēhi, kerepeti

uku kirihou

plasticine

keri karo

Keri waro

coal mining

ketehae

anther

kī

tohu

key

Kī Kohuke

Tohu kohuke

Mineral Key

ki te tauwehe toru

factor, up to 3

kia koki hāngai ki

at right angles to

kia pākoki te āhua

in polar form

kīanga rōnaki taurite

kīanga taurite

expression, constant equilibrium

kīanga taimau taurite

equilibrium constant expression

kīanga taurangi

algebraic expression

kiato

compact

kiato / ukanga

density

kiato-kākano / whare kano

ovary

kihikihi

cicada

kikiri, tītiki, kune

embryo

kikiritanga

fertilisation

kikiritia

fertilised, be/become

kiko

flesh

kiko / pūtautau / kāhui pūtau

tissue

kikonga

tissue

kikoruatanga pītauira

tāruatanga pītauira

DNA replication

kimi pārōnaki

differentiate [math]

kīrearea / orotā

pest

kiri

peha

skin

kiri (kākano)

testa (seed)

kiri ārani

orange skin

kiri kākano, koti kākano

kahu kākano

seed coat

kiri o te huaketo

virus shell

kiri pihore

broken skin

kirihau

cuticle

kirihou

plastic

kirihou rewarau

thermoplastic

kirihou rewatau

thermosetting plastic

kirihua pītauira

2005

DNA profiling

kirihuna

camouflage

kirikā

fever

kirikanohi

kiriwhatu, kirikamo

cornea

kirikiri

gravel

kirikōtea

albino

kirimata, pahuhu

foreskin

kirinuku

crust

kirinuku

earth’s crust

kiripaka mā

white quartz

kiripaka, takawai, matā

quartz

kiripuku

stomach wall

kiriroto

endoderm

kiritai rau

leaf epidermis

kiritaki [commercial]

consumer

kiritara

echinoderm

kiriuhi

membrane

kiriuhi hītari

membrane, semi-permeable

kiriuhi hītari

semi-permeable membrane

kiriuhi pūtau

cell membrane

kiriuhi tātari

dialyising membrane

kiriuka

leathery

kiriwaenga

mesoderm

kiriwaho

kiritai

epidermis

kiriwaho pūtau

cell wall

kiriwē

pellicle

kītanga / rōrahi

volume

kite mao

long sighted

kite tapa

blind spot

kite tata

short sighted

kitenga

tukunga iho, putanga, hua

result

kitokito

plaque

kōaro

opposite, invert

kōaro o te karaka

Huritua

anticlockwise

kōata

glass

kōataata

transparent

koeko iri

stalactite

koeko tū

stalagmite

koero

thaw

kōhatu awa

greywacky

kōhatu hū

2005

mudstone

kōhatu one

sandstone

kōhatu parahua

siltstone

kohatū tākihi

kidney stone

kōhatuhatu

scree

kōhatukeho

hōanga

sandstone

kōhauāhuru

thermosphere

kōhauhau, pekerangi

atmosphere

kōhauhau, pōhao

atmosphere

kōhauhuri

troposphere

kōhaukura

chromosphere

kōhaupapa

stratosphere

kōhautuakatote

2005

ionosphere

kohauwaenga

kōhauwaenga

mesosphere

kōhe, kōti; whino [Kai Tahu]; tūtū [in Pounamu, Pounamu]

Kōhi

gorse

koheri (huamanu)

egg beater

koheri aunoa

egg beater, mechanical

kohikatanga / hīkaro

kohika

extract

kohikohi mōhio

information gathering

kōhinu

petrol

kohinu / hinu māori

petroleum

kōhiwi

chassis

kohu

fog

kōhua

whakamamaoa

poach (cook)

kohuke

mineral

kohuke konganuku

metallic mineral

kohuke pūnoa, kohuke māori

common minerals

kohupara

smog

koiora memeha

ruatanga oranga, oranga hauruatanga

half life

koiora pakeke

pakeketanga

adult life

kōkai

phloem

kōkawa

tarapī

andesite

kōkeke

piston

kokeu

recurved

koki ata tāhapa

angle of refraction

koki Hiato

Compound Angle

koki hononga

bond angle

Koki Rearua

Double Angle

koki whakapā

angle of incidence

kōkiri

rise

koko

cochlea

kōkōhiko

tāwhirihiko

electric fan

kokoti ero, ero kore

sterilise

kōkuhu (v), kōuru, tāuru

insert

kōkuhunga

input

kōkura

beetroot

kōmae

blight

kōmaka

class, classify

kōmakatanga

classification

kōmāmā

lightweight, soft

kōmaru

rā, rāwhara

sail

kōmaru hīrere

solar shower

kōmata o te rangi

zenith

komotanga

insertion

kōnakonako (lamp); whāpāhare (chem.)

halogen

kōnatungako

lipases

kōnatupūmua

proteases

kōneke

sledge

konga (embers)

waro

charcoal

kōngahungahu

kōhungahunga

foetus

kōngahungahu / kukune

foetus

kongakonga pītauira

DNA fragment

konganuku

metal

konganuku konupora

magnesium metal

konganuku kore

non-metal

konganuku raupanga

metal, sacrificial

konganuku rehu

konganuku urutapu

metal, trace

konganuku taumaha

heavy metal

konganuku urutapu

pure metal

konganuku-kore

non-metal

konganuku-kore pūnoa

common non-metal oxide

konganuku-urutapu

pure metal

kōngohe

ductile

kōngutu urutomo

igneous intrusion

konihi

predator

konikoni

rub

koninoa

kinesis

konitau

taxis

kōnui hikihaiki

hitchhiker thumb

konukawata [Te Muka 16(1)]

platinum

konukita / konupūmura (Cr)

chromium

konukōreko (Ni) / konumāuka

nickel

konukura / kapa (Cu)

copper

konukura haumāota

copper chloride

konukura pākawa waro

konukura ōkawawaro

copper carbonate

konukura waihā

copper hydroxide

konukura(II) pūngāwhā

copper(II) sulfide

konukurahina

[= gray copper; TTW]

cobalt

konumāmura

nichrome

konumatā

lead

konumāuka

nickel

Konumerika [NZTC]

konumerika

Americium

konumohe (Al)

aluminium

konuoi (Hg)

mercury

konupāhiko

calcite

konupango

manganese

konupango hāorarua

2005

manganese dioxide

konupora (Mg)

magnesium

konupora pākawa waro

magnesium carbonate

konupora pūhaumāota (MgCl2)

magnesium chloride

konupora waihā (Mg(OH)2

magnesium hydroxide

konupūmā (Ca)

calcium

konupūmā pākawa waro / pūkeho māpara

calcium carbonate

konupūmā pūhaumāota

calcium chloride

konupūmā pūkawa ngāwhā (CaSO4)

calcium sulphate

konupūmā waihā

calcium hydroxide

konupūmā waikura

calcium oxide

konurehu haumāota

potassium chloride

konurehu hauwai

potassium hydroxide

konurehu hauwai rohū

potassium hydroxide base

konurehu konutawa

2005

potassium iodide

konurehu pākatirua pūmura

potassium dichromate

konurehu pākawa waro

Potassium carbonate

konurehu pūngāwhā

potassium sulfide

konurehu waihā (KOH)

potassium hydroxide

konutai

sodium

konutai ehākawa

2005

sodium ethanoate

konutai pūhaumāota

sodium chloride

konutai waihā

caustic soda

konutai waihā (NaOH)

sodium hydroxide

konutai waikawa-ngori haumāota [2006]

sodium hypochlorite

konutai waikura

sodium oxide

konu-Tangaroa [NZTC]

neptunium

konutawa

iodine

konutea (Zn)

zinc

konutea waikura

zinc oxide

konutuki

radium

kopa papa

flat bag

kōpae

compact disc

kōpaepae puoru

compact disc audio

kopenu

crumple

kōpere

iris

kōpiripiri

squashed

kōpiupiu

swinging

kōpiupiutanga

oscillation

kōpoke, māngohe

malleable (metals)

Kōpū, Tāwera (o te ata), Meremere, Rereahiahi (o te ahiahi)

Venus

kōpū; whare tangata

uterus

kōpura whetū

fungi, fungus

kōpura whētu

fungus

kōpurawhetū

fungus

kōpura-whetū

fungus

Kora

fuel

korakora

particle

korakora ārepa

alpha particle

korakora o te matū

particle nature of matter

korakora pūngao; matūriki pūngao

charged particle

korakora wai poroporo

Condy’s Crystals (potassium permanganate)

korakora wai poroporo

potassium permanganate, Condy’s Crystals

koranehe

fossil fuel

koranu

alloy, metal alloy

koranu hoahoa

designer alloy

korehāhā

extinct

korehau

vacuum

kōrere

mate tikotiko, tororere

diarrhoea

kōrere

funnel (noun)

kōrere tukuwai

inlet pipes

kōrero whakatara

tohutoro, taipitopito

references

kori

exercise

kori rū

ngā kori a Rūaumoko

activity, earthquake

kori tinana kaha

strenuous exercise

kori tinana ngāwari

light exercise

korohū

Mamaoa

steam

korohū hāora (O2)

haurehu hāora

oxygen gas

korohū haumāmā

haurehu haumāmā

helium gas

korohū hauwai (H2)

hydrogen gas

korohū-mimiti

Korohū-rewa

dissolved gas

koroī

conifer

korokē

not usual

kōroke

constipation

kōroketia

constipated

koropeke i tōna arero

roll the tongue

koropewa

loop

koropungapunga

pumice

kōruru

shadow

kotā

pīere

crack

Kotahitanga Whakahaere o ngā Mahi Whutupaoro Rakapī o Niu Tīreni

NZ Rugby Football Union

kotai ; tariwai [TM]

xylem

kōtare

kingfisher

koti huru-torokaka

straighthaired coat

koti mingo

curly coat

koti pūmua

protein coat

kotihetihe

kōtihetihe, mōwhakiwhaki

brittle

kotikoti papatahi

plane boundary

kotikoti papatahi, mata weherua, rohe

tauroherohe, atanga

interface, boundary

kotikoti papatahi, mata weherua, tawhā weherua

tauroherohe

boundary, interface

kotimutu

flask

koti-porotaka

kākano kahu porotaka

round-coated seed

kōtiri

meteor

kōtuhi

haze

kōtuhi hoherama matūtanga

photochemical smog

kōtui

synthesis

kōtui āpititahi

2005

covalent network

kōtui pūmua

protein synthesis

kōtuitanga

synthesis

kouawai

gall bladder

kounga

quality

koupaka

kiripaka

crustacean

koura (Au)

Kōura

gold

kōurunga o te uatoru

insertion of triceps

kouwha / uwha

kouwha – tree; uwha - animal

female (of animal or tree)

kōwae ako

unit of work

kōwaehanga

modularisation

kōwaiwai pakitara

mural [painting]

kōwaiwai toirau

collage, mural

kōwarotanga

resonance

kōwhiri

select

kōwhiringa

choice

kōwhiringa

option

kōwhiringa ka taea

feasible option

kua tata te korehaha

mōrearea

endangered

kuhī

paratī

gush

kuhī

pākaru, pakaru

gush forth

kuhuka

kūhuka

glucose

kuka, tahe, whakatahe

whakatahe

abortion

kukū

concentration

kukū

rukiruki

intensity

kukū huka

concentration of sugar

kukume a Tama-nui-te-rā

Te Whānau o Tama nui te Rā

solar system

kukume(tia)

attract

kukune / kōngahungahu

foetus

kukuti

contract (of muscle)

kukuti

contraction

kukuwha, kune

evolve

kūnatu

digest

kūnatu / nakunaku

digest

kūnatuhia ā-matū

chemically digested

kūnatunga, kūnatutanga

digestion

kune, kikiri, tītiki

embryo

kune, kukune

embryo

kunenga

conception

kunenga mai, kukuwhatanga

evolution

kunenga pūputu

2005

punctuated evolution

kunenga tangongi

2005

divergent evolution

kunenga ūngutu

2005

convergent evolution

kunenga whanakemoka

2005

graduated evolution

kupakupa

tautau

drooping

kuputohu

rārangi kupu

index

kuputohu

taupū

index

kura kenepuru hohehohe

kāho waiparapara,

activated sludge tank

kura ōtekau raro

kura rawa kore

low-decile school

kura ōtekau tike

(kura whai rawa)

high-decile school

kura ōtekau waenga

mid-decile school

kura tuatoru

tertiary institution

kurahauao

corona

kuratea / parāhe

brass

kūreherehe

kūwhewhewhe

wrinkled

kurī whakapūrua

cloned dog

kūroto

contents (of vacuole)

kuru

hammer, of ear

kuru

pestle

kurukuru

nugget

kurutangi

anvil, of ear

kutakuta

coraline

kūtere whakamāku

synovial fluid

kūtere, wē

fluid

kūtia

kōmaru

solar

kūtoro

stretched

kūwatawata

Charon