A vocabulary list relating to climate, weather and global warming.
He rārangi kupu e pā ana ki te āhuarangi, te huarere, me te mahana haere o te ao.
ua kawa (takenga mai: ua – rain; kawa [waikawa] – acid)
adapt, adaptation Noun, Intransitive Verb
urutau ~nga (takenga mai: uru – enter; tau – settle down)
āhuatanga urutau (takenga mai: uru – enter; tau – settle down)
hau takiwā (takenga mai: hau o te takiwā – air of space; hau – wind, air; takiwā – space)
hau whakapipi (takenga mai: hau [hau takiwā] - air; whakapipi - heap, pile one upon another)
pūkohu ngaruru (takenga mai: pūkohu [pūkohu wai] – algae; ngaruru – abundant, flourishing)
pūngao kē (takenga mai: pūngao – energy; kē – different, of another kind)
teitei (takenga mai: teitei – high, lofty) (kupu kē atu: tiketike)
kapua waenga (takenga mai: kapua – cloud; waenga – middle)
ine-terehau
anthropogenic climate change, human caused climate change Noun
āhuarangi hurihuri pūtangata (takenga mai: pū - cause, origin; tangata - people)
kurahaupō (takenga mai: kurahaupō – sign of good weather)
mātāwainuku (takenga mai: mātā [mātāpuna] - source; wainuku - groundwater)
whakahaumako horihori
pungarehu
kōhauhau (takenga mai: kō [kōpaki] - envelop; hau - gas)
ātoro (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
ngahuru (kupu kē atu: tokerau)
tokerau (kupu kē atu: ngahuru)
horomaunga (takenga mai: horo – fall in fragments, slip; maunga – mountain)
āwhata Beaufort (takenga mai: āwhata – scale; Beaufort – he ingoa tangata)
barren (land) Noun, Intransitive Verb, Adjective
tītōhea (kupu kē atu: hahore)
urutaunga whanonga
hinuheu koiora
biodiversity, biodiverse Noun, Adjective
kanorau koiora (takenga mai: kano - sort, kind; rau - multitude; koiora - biology) (kupu kē atu: rerenga rauropi)
kanorau koiora (takenga mai: kano - sort, kind; rau - multitude; koiora - biology)
kora koiora
haurehu koiora
haumaru koiora
āwhata Celsius (takenga mai: āwhata – scale; Celsius – he ingoa tangata) (kupu kē atu: āwhata tohurau)
āwhata tohurau (takenga mai: āwhata - scale; tohu - to point out, show; rau - hundred) (kupu kē atu: āwhata Celsius)
waro (tohu: C) (takenga mai: waro – burning coals, charcoal) (kupu kē atu: kāpona [kupu mino])
hurihanga waro
hauhā (tohu: CO2) (takenga mai: hau [haurehu] - gas; hā [whakahā] - emit breath) (kupu kē atu: waro hāora-rua, kāpona ōkai-rua [kupu mino])
waro hāora-rua (tohu: CO2) (kupu kē atu: hauhā, kāpona ōkai-rua [kupu mino])
tapuwae waro
haukino (tohu: CO) (takenga mai: hau [haurehu] – gas; kino – bad) (kupu kē atu: waro hāora-tahi, kāpona ōkai-tahi [kupu mino])
waro hāora-tahi (tohu: CO) (kupu kē atu: haukino, kāpona ōkai-tahi [kupu mino])
putunga waro (takenga mai: putunga - heap, stack, storage; waro - carbon)
tāke waro
carbon-zero, carbon neutral Noun, Adjective
tukuwaro-kore (takenga mai: tuku - to release; waro - carbon; kore - zero, nil)
panoni ~hia ~ tanga
iorangi (kupu kē atu: pūrehurehu*)
pūrehurehu (kupu kē atu: iorangi*)
āhuarangi (takenga mai: āhua – form, appearance, character; Rangi – Sky, heavens, upper regions)
āhuarangi hurihuri
tairaru āhuarangi
huatika āhuarangi (takenga mai: hua - outcome, result; tika - correct, just) (kupu kē atu: tika āhuarangi)
mahere āhuarangi
rerenga āhuarangi
mātai āhuarangi
kapua (kupu kē atu: ao*)
ao (kupu kē atu: kapua*)
mamaru
kupenga a Taramainuku
punahiko waro koranehe
aro mātao
kāpunipuni (whakapotonga: CNG)
raima (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
mātāwainuku hamaruru (takenga mai: mātā [mātāpuna] - source; wainuku - groundwater; hamaruru - to shut in, confine, restrict)
āhuarangi paparahi
continental polar air mass Noun
hau whakapipi whenua tōpito
continental tropical air mass Noun
hau whakapipi whenua pārūrū
rerenga iakawe (takenga mai: rerenga [rere] – flow; ia- current; kawe - to carry)
ua pārūrū (takenga mai: ua – rain; pārūrū – sultry, hot)
hinu māori
kapua whakapipi (takenga mai: kapua – cloud; whakapipi – heap, pile one upon another)
cyclone, depression, low pressure Noun
kurahau-awatea (takenga mai: kurahau-awatea – cyclone, sign of bad weather)
deep aquifer, artesian bore Noun
puna manawa whenua
deforest, deforestation Noun, Intransitive Verb
whakarake ~a ~nga (takenga mai: whaka - causative prefix; rake - bare, bald, barren) (kupu kē atu: tuangahere)
deforest, deforestation Noun, Transitive Verb
whakarake ~a ~nga (kupu kē atu: tuangahere)
deforestation Noun, Intransitive Verb
tuangahere (takenga mai: tua - to fell, cut down; ngahere - forest) (kupu kē atu: whakarake)
denitrification Noun, Intransitive Verb
tuku hauota
koraha
hinuheu
hāora-rua (tohu: O2) (kupu kē atu: ōkai-rua [kupu mino])
āhuarangi pakapaka
Papatūānuku (kupu kē atu: ao)
earthquake Noun, Transitive Verb
rū (whenua) ~hia
tai timu (kupu kē atu: tai heke*)
tai heke (kupu kē atu: tai timu*)
hauropi (takenga mai: hau [hau kāinga] – home; ropi [rauropi] – organism)
pūnaha hauropi (takenga mai: pūnaha ‒ system; hauropi ‒ ecology)
efficient, efficiency Noun, Adjective
whāomo ~tanga (takenga mai: whāomo [whāomoomo] – tend, use sparingly, husband)
pūngao (kupu kē atu: ngao)
whāomotanga pūngao (takenga mai: whāomo [whāomoomo] –to conserve, use sparingly; pūngao – energy)
tūāhanga pūngao
taiao
tūkino taiao
tairaru taiao
aituā taiao
pāpātanga taiao
awenga taiao
kaupapahere taiao
environmental protection, environmental safeguard Noun
whakamaru taiao
tūraru taiao
haumaru taiao
weheruatanga o te ao (takenga mai: weherua – divide into two)
erode, erosion Noun, Intransitive Verb, Adjective
ngāhorohoro (takenga mai: ngāhorohoro – fall off bit by bit)
evaporate Noun, Intransitive Verb, Adjective
whakaeto ~a ~nga (kupu kē atu: tōmiti)
huarere taikaha
ngāi kīrehe
ngāi tipu
koranehe (takenga mai: kora – fuel; nehe - ancient times) (kupu kē atu: kora mātātoka)
kora mātātoka (kupu kē atu: koranehe)
ua arotuki (takenga mai: aro – front; tuki [tukituki] – batter, dash)
hukapapa ~tia (kupu kē atu: haupapa*)
kora
korahinu
kōhao pohutu (takenga mai: kōhao – vent; pohutu – geyser)
functional adaptation, physiological adaptation Noun
urutaunga whaiaroaro
haurehu (takenga mai: hau – wind, air; rehu – haze, mist, spray, fine dust)
pūngao puia (kupu kē atu: pūngao ngāwhā)
pohutu
awa kōpaka (takenga mai: awa – river, gully, gorge; kōpaka – ice, frost)
mahana haere o te ao
kati mahana (takenga mai: kati - close in, barrier, trap; mahana - warm)
haurehu kati mahana (takenga mai: haurehu – gas; kati – close in, barrier, trap; mahana – warm)
wainuku (takenga mai: wai - water; nuku - earth)
nōhanga
ua whatu (kupu kē atu: hukātara*)
hukātara (kupu kē atu: ua whatu*)
tai pari (kupu kē atu: tai tū*)
tai tū (kupu kē atu: tai pari*)
haumātakataka
hauwai (tohu: H) (takenga mai: hau [haurehu] – gas; wai – water) (kupu kē atu: haitorana [kupu mino])
pūngao hikowai
tūāhanga (takenga mai: tūā [tūāpapa] - foundation; hanga [hanganga] - structure) (kupu kē atu: pūnahahanga)
intensity (of an earthquake) Noun
kahapā (o te rū)
intervene, intervention Noun, Adjective, Intransitive Verb
hāpaiora (takenga mai: hāpai - to uplift, support; ora - wellness)
pae pēhanga (takenga mai: pae – region, boundary; pēhanga – pressure)
hauwhenua (kupu kē atu: tūwhenua*)
tūwhenua (kupu kē atu: hauwhenua*)
horowhenua (kupu kē atu: horopū)
horopū (kupu kē atu: horowhenua)
ahopae (takenga mai: aho – line; pae – horizontal)
uira (kupu kē atu: kanapu*)
kanapu (kupu kē atu: uira)
hauī (whakapotonga: LPG) (takenga mai: hau [haurehu] – gas; ī – ferment)
ahopou (takenga mai: aho – line; pou – vertical)
low carbon emission Noun, Adjective
tukuwaro-iti (takenga mai: tuku - to release; waro - carbon; iti - small, little)
Hinekōrako (kupu kē atu: kurahaupō)
kurahaupō (kupu kē atu: Hinekōrako)
Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale Noun
āwhata whakahou a Mercalli (takenga mai: āwhata – scale; whakahou – revise; Mercalli – he ingoa tangata)
magnitude (of an earthquake) Noun
kaha (o te rū)
hau whakapipi moana tōpito
maritime tropical air mass Noun
hau whakapipi moana pārūrū
mātai huarere
āhuarangi iti
hāora-tahi (tohu: O) (kupu kē atu: ōkai-tahi [kupu mino])
Hina (kupu kē atu: Marama*)
horopoharu (takenga mai: horo – fall in fragments, slip; poharu – soft, boggy)
kapuni (takenga mai: Kapuni - Ko te ingoa o te wāhi i Taranaki kei reira tētahi puna o tēnei momo haurehu.)
ao tūroa
kōhiti (kupu kē atu: kōhititanga o te Marama)
kōhititanga o te Marama (kupu kē atu: kōhiti)
pākawa ota (tohu: NO3-) (takenga mai: pākawa [pāhare - salt, ester], [waikawa - acid] – '~ate'; ota [hauota] – nitrogen) (kupu kē atu: naiate [kupu mino])
nitrification Noun, Intransitive Verb, Adjective
kapo haukini (takenga mai: kapo – catch; haukini – ammonia)
hauota (tohu: N) (takenga mai: hau [haurehu] - gas; ota - vegetation) (kupu kē atu: naitorena [kupu mino])
hurihanga hauota
hauota hāora-rua (tohu: NO2) (kupu kē atu: naitorena ōkai-rua [kupu mino])
nitrogen fixation Noun, Intransitive Verb, Adjective
kapo hauota (takenga mai: kapo – catch; hauota – nitrogen)
whatungarongaro (takenga mai: whatungarongaro – disappear)
pūngao whatungarongaro (takenga mai: pūngao – energy; whatungarongaro – disappear)
rawa whatungarongaro
tuakoi raki (takenga mai: tuakoi – divide, separate, boundary, division; raki – north)
āta tirotiro ~hia (kupu kē atu: mātakitaki)
hinu
ua ikeike (takenga mai: ikeike – high, lofty)
hāora (tohu: O) (takenga mai: hā – breath, breathe; ora – alive) (kupu kē atu: ōkihena [kupu mino])
hāora rehu (tohu: O2)
pekerangi (tohu: O3) (kupu kē atu: hāora-toru, ōkai-toru [kupu mino])
paparanga hāora-toru
hāora-toru (tohu: O3) (kupu kē atu: ōkai-toru [kupu mino], pekerangi)
kōhinu (kupu kē atu: penehīni [he kupu mino - benzene])
pākawa tūtaewhetū (tohu: PO43-) (takenga mai: pākawe [pāhare – salt, ester], [waikawa – acid] - '~ate'; tūtaewhetū [pūtūtaewhetū] – phosphorus) (kupu kē atu: popoate [kupu mino])
āhuarangi tōpito
tōpito kōpaka
rohe kōpaka (takenga mai: kōpaka - ice)
powder, powdery Noun, Adjective
hungahunga (kupu kē atu: nehu, paura [kupu mino])
tōtāwairehu (takenga mai: tōtā – condensation; wairehu – water vapour) (kupu kē atu: hekenga wai)
hekenga wai (kupu kē atu: tōtāwairehu)
primary infrastructure, critical infrastructure Noun
tūāhanga mātāmua
mātāpono
āwhata Richter (takenga mai: āwhata – scale; Richter – he ingoa tangata)
ua ~ina (kupu kē atu: marangai*)
marangai (kupu kē atu: ua)
ine-ua
pūngao whakahou
rawa whakahou
Rā (kupu kē atu: Tamanuiterā)
scale (of a measuring instrument) Noun
āwhata (takenga mai: arawhata – ladder)
muritai
pae moana
parakiwai (kupu kē atu: parataiao, waipara)
sediment, sedimentary Noun, Adjective
parataiao (takenga mai: para – sediment, impurity, waste; taiao – environment) (kupu kē atu: parakiwai, waipara)
ine-rū (kupu kē atu: kauwhata rū)
kauwhata rū (kupu kē atu: ine-rū)
mātai rū whenua
puaheiri (kupu kē atu: hukarere*)
hukarere (kupu kē atu: puaheiri*)
pūngao kōmaru
hihi o Tamanuiterā (kupu kē atu: hihi kōmaru)
hihi kōmaru (kupu kē atu: hihi o Tamanuiterā)
tuakaihautanga o Tamanuiterā
tuakoi tonga (takenga mai: tuakoi – divide, separate, boundary, division; tonga – south)
aroaromahana (kupu kē atu: kōanga*)
puna wai
tai huki (kupu kē atu: tai nunui*)
tai nunui (kupu kē atu: tai huki*)
kaitiakitanga
āwhā (kupu kē atu: tūpuhi*)
tūpuhi (kupu kē atu: āwhā*)
atiru
kapua hahaka (takenga mai: kapua – cloud; hahaka – low)
urutaunga hanganga
pākawa pungatara (tohu: SO42-) (takenga mai: pākawa [pāhare – salt, ester], [waikawa – acid] - '~ate'; pungatara – sulphur) (kupu kē atu: hāwhate [kupu mino])
raumati (kupu kē atu: matiti*)
matiti (kupu kē atu: raumati)
rā roa (kupu kē atu: Ihu o Hineraumati)
Ihu o Hineraumati (kupu kē atu: rā roa)
sundog, fragmentary rainbow Noun
imurangi
kora horihori
pūnaha (takenga mai: pū – base, foundation; naha [nahanaha] – well arranged, in good order)
āhuarangi hātai
paemahana (takenga mai: pae [paepae] – threshold; mahana – warm) (kupu kē atu: pāmahana)
ariā
tai
pūkohu ngaruru tāoke
hau weherua (takenga mai: hau – wind; weherua [weheruatanga o te ao] - equator)
āhuarangi pārūrū
ngahere pārūrū
pārūrū (takenga mai: pārūrū – sultry, hot)
parawhenua (kupu kē atu: tainiwhaniwha)
mātāwainuku tūraha (takenga mai: mātā [mātāpuna] - source; wainuku - groundwater; tūraha - to be open, not confined)
otaota
ngahere horomata (kupu kē atu: ngahere tikitū, ngahere urutapu)
volcanic activity, geothermal activity Noun, Adjective
ahi tipua (takenga mai: ahi – fire; tipua – object of awe or terror)
puia
mātai puia
aro mahana
wai (tohu: H2O)
whāomo wai (takenga mai: whāomo [whāomoomo] – conservation; wai – water)
hurihanga wai
kārewa wainuku (takenga mai: kārewa - surface [of water]; wainuku - groundwater)
tākohu (kupu kē atu: wairehu)
wairehu (kupu kē atu: tākohu)
huarere
hau
pūngao hau
hōtoke (kupu kē atu: takurua*)
takurua (kupu kē atu: hōtoke*)
Ihu o Hinetakurua (kupu kē atu: rā poto)
rā poto (kupu kē atu: Ihu o Hinetakurua)