Māori - English - M

mā te ritenga tuaka

in cartesian form

maea

puta

emerge

maeneene

smooth

mahana haere o te ao

global warming

māheahea

faint

Mahera

Marcellus

mahere

mapi

map

mahere

map, chart (n.)

mahere

plan

mahere / hoahoa

diagram

mahere ariā

concept map

mahere hei whāinga

plan of action

mahere hokohoko

marketing plan

mahere huarere

weather map

mahere matawhenua

map, topographical

mahere mō ia wā whakaako

lesson plan

mahere nahanaha

mahere nahanaha

systematic plan

mahere pūrero

mahere kaupapa

project plan

mahere ripo, tūtohi rerenga

chart, flow

mahere tauhohe

reaction scheme

mahere taumano

long term plan

mahere whakaaro

brainstorm

mahere whakaaro

concept map

mahere whakanao

production plan

mahere whakarāpopoto

hoahoa taipitopito

diagram, annotated

mahere, ariā

map, concept

mahere, hoahoa

hoahoa

diagram

mahere, tūtohi

chart (n.)

mahi

work

mahi ai

copulatory activity

mahi ā-taupuni

work station

mahi hangarau

technological activity

mahi hoahoa

design activities

mahi manawa kaitūtae

stunt

mahi māori taumaha

[Paerewa Paetae 2003-04]

extreme natural event

mahi nohoao

mahi hanga oranga, mahi tauoranga

lifestyle activity

mahi pārōnaki

differentiation

mahi tāhiko

electronics

mahi tōkai

sexual activity

mahi toko i te ora, mahi hāpai hauora

health-promoting action

mahi tūwaenga

fieldwork

mahi whakapakari pūmahara

memory exercises

mahi/rautaki pāpori

societal actions or strategies

mahinga

functioning

mahinga pūhana tauwhaiti

specific mechanical functions

mahirihiri

2005

interference

māhitihiti mumura

bright fringe.

mai i te tirohanga taiohi

pūamaru ā-taiohi

point of view, from the teenagers’

mai i te whānautanga ki te hemonga

life cycle

mai i te whānautanga ki te hemonga / mataora

life cycle

māiatanga

efficiency

maiharu

harore

mushroom

māika [also refers to an orchid with edible tuber Orthocerus trictum]

panana

banana

maioro

Embankment

maitai / tīra

steel

makawe o Raukatauri

tree fern

mākoha

slate

mākōwaro

CFC

mākōwaro

chloro-fluorocarbons (CFCs)

makurutanga

fecundity

malachite

malachite

māmā o te āhua ki te kiritaki

māmā ki te whakamahi

user friendliness

mamao

distance

mana ā-rohe

local authority

mānawa

mangrove

manawa tangata

human heart

manawa whenua

mineral

mānenei

Tātāu

fluctuate

manga

stream

māngaro

starch

mānia, mānia awa

river flats

mano karamu (kg)

kirokaramu, manokarama

kilo gram

manu

bird

manu

mānu, māunu, tere, rewa

floating

mānu

floating

manu aute

manu tukutuku

kite (generic)

manu māori

manu toiwhenua

endemic birds

manu porohita

circle kite

manu puai

sled kite

māori

urutapu

natural

māpara

[rock]

marble

mara

kōpiro

steep in water

marahihi

molasses

marama kōwhiti

lunar cycle

marangai waikawa / ua kawa

acid rain

marara [atu] ngā kākano

disperse seed

mararatanga korakora arepa

2005

alpha particle scattering

mārau

rou

dredge

maretai kikonga

tissue culture

maretai kikonga tipu

plant tissue culture

mariao puku

stomach ulcer

mārika

marika = absolute

clear

marina, merino

merino

maringi hinu

oil spillages

mārō

stiffness

mārua

domatium

marutau

safe

marutau

safety

marutau / haumaru

safe

mata

surface

matā

lead

matā

lead [metal]

māta

matā (stone)

flint

matā (Pb)

lead

mata o papa

mata o te whenua

surface landscape

mata o Papa-tū-ā-nuku

surface of the Earth.

matā whero

red lead

matahoronui

peneplain

matahuru

pinnate

mātai

evaluate

mātai

aro

study

mātai tūāhua, mātai take [NZQA]

case study

mataiki kanorau

diverse sources

mātaitai

shellfish

matakawa

heart-shaped

mātakinga

observation

mātakitaki

observe

matakōkiri

meteorite

matamata ira tukituki

radioactive source

mātāmuatanga

kingdom

matāmura

chrome

mātanga

sophisticated

mātanga

specialist

mātanga hangarau

tohunga hangarau

technologist

mātanga kai

dietician

mātanga pūtaiao

scientist

matangaru

wavefront

matanui

coarse

mataono hukapapa

porowhā hukapapa

ice cube

mataono hukapapa

porotio

ice cube

mataora / mai i te whānautanga ki te hemonga

life cycle

mataora o ngā whetū

life cycle of stars

mataora toka

huringa toka, riponga toka

rock cycle

matapae

predict

matapae

prediction

matapae huarere

weather forecast

matapae titiro / whakamua

prediction

matapaki

discuss

matapakihia

discuss

matapakinga

discusson

matāpango

graphite

matapikihia tō whakautu

discuss your answer

matapōkere

random

mātāpono

principle

mātāpono ahupūngao

principle, physical

mātāpono hangarau

technological principle

mātāpono hangarau mātāmua

underlying technological principles

mātāpono koiora

principle, biological

mātāpono koiora, tikanga ōmataora

mātāpono mataora, tikanga mataora

biological principles

mātāpono me ngā hātepe/tukanga

principles and processes

mātāpono me ngā pūnaha hangarau

technological principles and systems

matapōrehu

opaque

matarehu

fine (grain)

matarehu

fine grained

mātārere

leaflet

matatara

pāpuni, kura

dam

matatika

ethics

matatiki tūrama arotahi

directional light source

matatiki, matamata

source

mātauranga rauropi

ecology

mātauranga tākirirangi

rocketry, space

mātauranga tātai arorangi

astronomy

mātauranga tioata

crystallography

matawai roro

CT scanner

matawehe

interface

matawehe hau-hinu

air-oil interface

matawhaiaro

whaiaro

personal

Matawhero / Tū-mata-uenga

Mars

mate

infection

mate ā-ira

genetically linked diseases

mate āraikore

AIDS

mate arotahi

cataract

mate ero, toto pirau

septicaemia

mate ioio

nervous condition

mate iotaru

neuralgia

mate kaikōiwi

arthritis

mate kaiponapona

arthritis

mate karawaka

measles

mate manawa

heart disease

mate marama

mate-ā-marama

menstrual cycle

mate moroiti kino

pathogenic disease

mate pīkaru

conjunctivitis

mate pōkaikaha iranga

genetic stress disorder

mate pukupuku

cancer

mate pupuhi repe

mumps

mate roikaru

mate kirikaru/kamo/whatu

glaucoma

mate roro

brain damage

mate tēpoko

mate kiripaka

asbestosis

mate uruumu pona

arthritis

mate waewae kaipara

athlete’s foot

mate wahine

īkura

menstruation

matea kaiora

nutritional needs

matehuka

diabetic

mateihi

tinea

mate-kohi

tuberculosis

matepā

hazard

māti mura

glowing match

mati tāpua

significant figure

mati whaiira

tūranga ira

decimal place

matira

rod

mātiti ipuipu

Whata

test tube rack

mātotoru

ururua, matomato

thick, of leaf

matū

chemical

matū

material

matū

material, matter (sci.) substance, chemical

matū

matter [sci.]

matū

substance

matū ā-rangi

matū noa

everyday substance

matū ā-rangi

kawekawe taunga

familiar materials

matū ā-rangi

material, everyday

matū hae

pollinating agent

matū hohe, kaitauhohe, huatakinga

reactant

matū kai

food additive

matū karihi

core material

matū kore ingoa

unknown chemical

matū kōrekoreko

fluorescence

matū māori

raw material

matū o te hōpua kaukau

swimming pool chemicals

matū rokiroki rākau

chemicals for preserving wood

matū tāpiri ki te kai

food additive

matū tauhou

material, unfamiliar

matū tauhou

unfamiliar substance

matū waihanga

synthetic

matū whakakora

fuel

matua

(whaka)pakeke

mature

matua koiora

biological parent

matua-kotahi

matua moke, matua takakau

single parent

matū-ā-rangi

rawa noa

everyday material

matūkai

nutrient

matūkoiora

biochemistry

matūngahinu

matūkōhinu

petrochemical

matūora

cytoplasm

matū-pū

base (Ō mataora)

matūriki

particle

matūriki kama

particle, gamma

matūriki peta

Beta particle

matūriki waikawa

acid particle

māturunga

pata

drop (of liquid)

māturutanga ngako

food droplet

mauhangatia

mauhanga

recorded

mauhere atu ki te pūtau

lock onto [a cell]

Maumaharatanga Pakanga

War Memorial

maunga pahū

volcano

mauranga

transport [biol]

mauwha

Tarutaru

shrub

mawhene

muffin

māwhero tea

māwhero teatea

pale pink

mea

object

mea oreore

living things

mehākawa ewaro

ethyl ethanoate

mehākawa mewaro

methyl methanoate

mehākawa mewaro pōwaro

propylmethanoate

Meharina

Messalina

mekameka waro roa

long chains of carbon

memehatanga

solubility

mēmeke uaua

muscular dystrophy

merotomo

antigen

merotukumate

pathogen

mētara

unsealed

mewaro (CH4)

methane

Mihinei

Mycenae

mihini tātari, pūrere tātari

dialysis machine

mihiwai

gemstone

mihiwai / tioata

crystal

mimi

urine

mimiti

pipī, momi

absorb

mimititanga

absorption

mingimingi

curly (hair)

miraka paura

milk powder

miraka wē

liquid milk

mirakaraka

Ehuehu, kōrehu

go milky, cloudy

miraka-tepe

yoghurt

miru

vacuole

miruhau

alveolus

miruwai kukuti

contractile vacuole

MMR (mate karawaka, repe pupuhi me te rūpera)

MMR (measles, mumps and rubella)

Moana Tote [bible]

2005

Dead Sea

Moana Whero [bible]

2005

Red Sea

moata / whāpiri

mortar

moe hōtoke

hibernate

moe hōtoke

hibernation

moeao

ohopō

nocturnal

moenga hōtoke

hibernation

moepō

diurnal

mōhinuhinu / piataata

pīataata

shiny

mōhiohio

information

mōhiohio ā-ira

genetic information

mōhiohio hāngai

mōhiohio whai pānga

relevant information

mōhiti / arotahi

lens

mōhiti whārahi

magnifying glass

moī

ī karapēpē, māī, māhī, toroī

ferment

moītanga

fermentation

moka tātā

pito tātā

stem tip

mokito

mōkito

minimum

mōkitokito

microscopic

moko

ngārara, ngāngara

reptile

moko hiku-roa

tyrannosaurus

mokokairau

ankylosaurus

moko-mata-reitoru

triceratops

mokomomo

skink

moko-niho-tio

trachodon

mokorere

pterosaur

mokoreta

letterhead

mokotai

mosasaurus

mokotata

plesiosaur

mokotuapuku

stegosaurus

mokowā

whakawehewehe, wāwahi

space (v.)

mokowā

āputa, pūwāhi

space, interval, gap

mokoweri / moko tuauri

dinosaur

momi taruhea

momi tarukino

smoke cannabis

momo

species

Momo Hihinga

Spectral Type

momo iti

species, sub

momo kai

food product

momo takatakai

packaging

momo tauhou

introduced species

momo whakaheke

inherited variation

momo whiwhi

acquired variation

momoa

ostrich

mōmōhanga

ongenga

scarcity

momo-huaira

phenotype

momoira

genotype

momoira huanga rerekē

heterozygous genotype

momoira huangarite

homozygous genotype

momoira huangarite ira-ngoi

homozygous dominant

momoira huangarite ira-ngoikore

homozygous recessive

momotuhi

taipitopito

notation

momotuhi hae

slash notation

mōnehu

toment

mōnehunehu

indistinct

mōnehunehu / mōnenehu

tarnish

moni pūkoro

pocket money

mōrahi

maximum

mōrea

mōreareatanga

risk

mōrearea

danger

mōrearea

dangerous

moroiti

microbe

moroiti

micro-organism

moroiti

micro-organism, microbe

moroiti

organism

moromoroiti

micro-organisms

moromoroiti, moroiti, moroitiiti

microorganism

mōtepe

platelet

mōtete Okazaki

Okazaki fragment

mōtete takawai

silicon chip

mōtika whakairoiro hinengaro

intellectual property right

motokā kōmaru

solar powered car

motu hake

tapahanga kōtaha, kōtahatanga

cross section

motu hake

cross-section

motu hake

motunga, tapahanga (kōtaha)

section, cross

motu hake

tapahanga whānui

section, transverse

motu hake

tapahanga whānui

transverse section

motu ke

separate

Motu Maha

2005 [from Marine Reserve Legislation]

Auckland Islands

motu roa

tapahanga whāroa

longitudinal section

motu whakawhānau

poka whakawhānau

caesarian section

motu whakawhānau

poka whakawhānau, poka whānau

section, caesarian

motuhanga koeko

conic section

motunga

tapahanga (kōtaha)

section (cross-section)

motutio / panetio

ice cap

motutio tōpito

polar ice cap

moumoukore ngao, painga o te ngao

energy efficiency

mōwaho

ectopic

Muihi

Muses

muka

kaka, weu

fibre

muka waihanga

optical fibre

mūkākā

irritate, provoke

mumura

glow brightly

mumura

glow, bright

muratahi

bunsen burner

mutunga

huawhaiwhai, utu, rarapā

consequence