Measurement / Te Ine

April Noun

Paengawhāwhā (kupu kē atu: Āperira)

August Noun

Hereturikōkā (kupu kē atu: Ākuhata [kupu mino])

accurate, correct, valid Intransitive Verb, Adjective

tika (kupu kē atu: tōtika)

afternoon Noun

ahiahi

altitude, height, high, tall Noun, Adjective

teitei (kupu kē atu: tāroaroa [of a person], tiketike)

amount, dimension, numerous, quantity, plentiful, size, large Noun

rahi ~nga (kupu kē atu: nui)

analogue clock Noun

karaka ringa

analogue time Noun

wā-ringa

angle Noun

koki

anthropometric data Noun

raraunga ine tinana

approximate Intransitive Verb, Adjective

āwhiwhi

area Noun

horahanga (takenga mai: hora – spread out)

autumn Noun

tokerau (kupu kē atu: ngahuru)

autumn Noun

ngahuru (kupu kē atu: tokerau)

balance (for measuring weight) Noun

whārite ine-taumaha (kupu kē atu: taputapu whakataurite)

balance (for measuring weight)

taputapu whakataurite (kupu kē atu: whārite ine taumaha)

before dawn Noun

ata pō

big Adjective

nui (kupu kē atu: rahi)

breadth, wide, width Noun, Adjective

whānui

calendar Noun

maramataka

capacity Noun

kītanga

cardinal number Noun

tau maha

cent Noun

hēneti (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

centimetre Noun

mitarau (tohu: cm) (kupu kē atu: henemita)

change, convert Transitive Verb

huri ~hia ~hanga

circumference, perimeter Noun

paenga

clinometer Noun

ine-rōnaki (takenga mai: ine – measure; rōnaki – sloping, slanting)

clock, o'clock Noun

karaka (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: matawā)

coin Noun

uka (kupu kē atu: kapa, moniuka)

compass (direction) Noun

kāpehu

constant rate of decline Noun

pāpātanga heke pūmau

constant rate of growth Noun

pāpātanga tipu pūmau

continuous Adjective

motukore (takenga mai: motu – severed, broken off; kore – not, negative) (kupu kē atu: whaiwhai)

cubic centimetre Noun

mitarau pūtoru (tohu: cm³⁾

cubic metre Noun

mita pūtoru (tohu: m³)

December Noun

Hakihea (kupu kē atu: Tīhema [kupu mino])

dawn Noun

ata hāpara (kupu kē atu: tākiritanga)

day Noun

rā (kupu kē atu: rangi)

daylight Noun

awatea

decimal place Noun

mati whaiira (takenga mai: mati – digit; whai – possess, follow; ira – decimal point) (kupu kē atu: mati ā-ira)

deep, depth Noun, Adjective

hōhonu

degree (angle and temperature) Noun

putu (tohu: º) (takenga mai: putu - lie one upon another) (kupu kē atu: tākiri [kupu mino])

degrees Celsius Noun

waeine tohurau (tohu: °C) (kupu kē atu: waeine Celsius)

density Adjective

kiato

diary Noun

rātaka

digital clock Noun

karaka mati

digital scales Noun

ine-taumaha matihiko

digital thermometer Noun

ine-mahana matihiko

digital time Noun

wā-mati

direct comparison Noun

whakatairite mata ki te mata

direction, bearing, orientation, directed toward Noun, Intransitive Verb

ahu ~nga (kupu kē atu: anga, aro ~nga)

discrete Adjective

motumotu (takenga mai: motumotu – divided into isolated portions)

distant, distance Noun, Adjective, Adverb

tawhiti (kupu kē atu: mamao)

dollar Noun

tāra

double, triple Noun, Transitive Verb, Adjective, Adverb

rearua, reatoru ~tia ... (takenga mai: rea [whakarea] – multiply; rua – two)

early dawn Noun

ata pūao (kupu kē atu: ata iti)

east Noun

rāwhiti (kupu kē atu: waho)

easy, light (mass), simple Adjective

māmā

equal Intransitive Verb, Adjective

rite (tohu: =)

equal, congruent Adjective

ōrite (tohu: =)

equivalent (size), same amount Adjective

ōrite te rahi

estimate Noun, Transitive Verb

whakatau tata ~ngia (takenga mai: whakatau – conclude; tata – near)

evening Noun

ahiahi pō (kupu kē atu: pō nehu)

exchange rate Noun

pāpātanga whakawhiti

February Noun

Huitanguru (kupu kē atu: Pēpuere [kupu mino])

Friday Noun

Rāmere (kupu kē atu: Paraire [kupu mino])

fathom (length measurement of outstretched arms) Noun

mārō

foot Noun

pūtu (takenga mai: He kupu mino)

forefinger width (unit of measurement) Noun

mati

gallon Noun

kārani (takenga mai: he kupu mino) (kupu kē atu: kereona)

gram Noun

karamu (tohu: g) (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: karama, ramu)

growth rate, rate of growth Noun

pāpātanga tipu

half, third, quarter ... Noun, Adjective

haurua, hautoru, hauwhā ... (tohu: {{1⁄2 }}, {{1⁄3 }}, {{1⁄4 }} ...)

handspan Noun

matikara

heavy, weight Noun, Adjective

taumaha

hectare Noun

heketea (tohu: ha) (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

height (of a person), tall Noun, Adjective

tāroaroa

hour Noun

haora (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

imperial unit of measure Noun

waeine Ingarangi (takenga mai: Ingarangi [kupu mino] - England)

inch Noun

īnihi (takenga mai: he kupu mino)

indirect comparison Noun

whakatairite autaki (takenga mai: whakatairite - to compare; autaki - circuitous, roundabout, indirect route)

invariant, fixed, constant Intransitive Verb, Adjective

pūmau

January Noun

Kohitātea (kupu kē atu: Hānuere [kupu mino])

July Noun

Hōngongoi (kupu kē atu: Hūrae)

June Noun

Pipiri (kupu kē atu: Hune)

just after sunrise Noun

ata tū

kilogram Noun

manokaramu (tohu: kg) (kupu kē atu: kirokaramu, kiroramu, manoramu)

kilolitre Noun

manorita (tohu: kl) (kupu kē atu: kirorita)

kilometre Noun

manomita (tohu: km) (kupu kē atu: kiromita)

kilometres per hour Noun

manomita i te haora (tohu: km/h) (takenga mai: mano - thousand; mita [kupu mino] - metre; haora [kupu mino] - hour)

kitchen measuring apparatus Noun

taputapu ine kīhini

laser measure Noun

ine-taiaho

latitude Noun

ahopae (takenga mai: aho – line; pae – horizontal)

leap year Noun

tau kuhurangi (takenga mai: tau – year; kuhu – insert; rangi – day) (kupu kē atu: tau pekerangi)

length, long Noun, Adjective

roa ~nga

limit of accuracy Noun

tepe o te tika (takenga mai: tepe – boundary, limit; tika – correct)

line scale Noun

āwhata rārangi

litre Noun

rita (tohu: l)

longitude Noun

ahopou (takenga mai: aho - line; pou [poutū] - vertical)

March Noun

Poutūterangi (kupu kē atu: Māehe)

Monday Noun

Rāhina (kupu kē atu: Mane [kupu mino])

margin of error Noun

pae hapa (takenga mai: pae - region, boundary)

mass Noun

papatipu (takenga mai: papatipu – solid mass)

measure, measurement Noun, Transitive Verb

ine ~a ~nga

measurement converter Noun

pūtahuri inenga

measurement from tip of the hand to the elbow Noun

tuke

measuring cup Noun

kapu ine

measuring device Noun

taputapu ine

measuring jug Noun

ipu ine

measuring jug Noun

ipu ine-kītanga (kupu kē atu: puoto ine)

measuring spoon Noun

koko ine

measuring wheel Noun

wīra ine

meridian, midday, noon Noun

tūhoetanga o te rā (kupu kē atu: poupoutanga o te rā, rānui)

method, technique, convention, meaning Noun

tikanga

metre Noun

mita (tohu: m) (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

metres per second Noun

mita i te hākona (tohu: m/s) (takenga mai: mita [kupu mino] - metre; hākona [kupu mino] - second)

metric unit Noun

waeine ngahuru

midday, meridian, noon Noun

poupoutanga o te rā (takenga mai: poupou – aloft, on the meridian) (kupu kē atu: rānui, tūhoetanga o te rā)

midnight Noun

waenganui pō (kupu kē atu: weheruatanga [o te] pō)

midnight Noun

weheruatanga (o te) pō (kupu kē atu: waenganui pō)

mile Noun

māero (takenga mai: he kupu mino)

milligram Noun

karamumano (tohu: mg) (kupu kē atu: karamamano, mirikaramu, miriramu, ramumano)

millilitre Noun

ritamano (tohu: ml) (kupu kē atu: miririta)

millimetre Noun

mitamano (tohu: mm) (kupu kē atu: mirimita)

minute Noun

meneti (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: miniti)

month Noun

marama

morning Noun

ata

November Noun

Whiringa ā-rangi (kupu kē atu: Noema)

narrow Adjective

whāiti (kupu kē atu: kūiti)

night Noun

pō

non-standard Adjective

arokē (takenga mai: aro - focus, have a certain direction; kē – different, other, strange)

non-standard unit of measurement Noun

waeine arokē

noon, meridian, midday Noun

rānui (kupu kē atu: poupoutanga o te rā, tūhoetanga o te rā)

north-east Noun

rāwhiti-mā-raki

numerous, amount, many Noun, Adjective

maha (kupu kē atu: huhua)

October Noun

Whiringa ā-nuku (kupu kē atu: Oketopa)

odometer Noun

ine-tawhiti

ordinal number Noun

tau raupapa

ounce Noun

aunihi (takenga mai: he kupu mino)

overlap Noun, Transitive Verb

inaki

pace, step (measurement) Noun, Intransitive Verb

whetoko (kupu kē atu: tāwhaiwhai, tīkei, whakaraka)

passage of time Noun

takanga o te wā

pi Noun

pae (tohu: π) (takenga mai: He kupu mino [reo Kiriki].)

point on a scale Noun

tauwhata (takenga mai: tau – number, alight, come to rest; whata [āwhata] – scale)

pound Noun

pāuna (takenga mai: he kupu mino)

presently, soon adverb (time)

ākuanei (kupu kē atu: ā kō ake nei)

problem-solving Noun, Intransitive Verb

whakaoti rapanga

protractor Noun

ine-koki

quart Noun

kuata (takenga mai: he kupu mino)

rate Noun

pāpātanga (tohu: /) (takenga mai: pā – connected with)

rate of change Noun

pāpātanga o te whiti (takenga mai: pāpātanga – rate; whiti – change)

rate of decline, rate of decay, decay rate Noun

pāpātanga heke

ratio scale Noun

āwhata ōwehenga

ratio unit, derived unit Noun

waeine pāpātanga

round (a number) Noun, Transitive Verb

whakaawhiwhi ~a ~ nga (takenga mai: whaka – causative prefix, to make; āwhiwhi – near, approximate)

ruler Noun

rūri (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: tauine)

Saturday Noun

Rāhoroi (kupu kē atu: Hatarei [kupu mino])

September Noun

Mahuru (kupu kē atu: Hepetema)

Sunday Noun

Rātapu

sand clock Noun

karaka one (kupu kē atu: onetaka)

scale Noun

āwhata (takenga mai: arawhata – ladder)

scale (for measuring weight) Noun

ine-taumaha

scale drawing, scale diagram Noun

hoahoa āwhata

scale factor for enlargement Noun

taurahi (takenga mai: tau – number; rahi – size) (kupu kē atu: tau whakarahi)

season Noun

kaupeka (o te tau) (kupu kē atu: pekanga o te tau)

second (unit of time) Noun

hākona (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: hēkona)

semicircumference Noun

paenga (o te) porowhita haurua

short Adjective

poto

significant figure (digit) Noun

mati whai tikanga (takenga mai: mati – digit; whai – possess, follow; tikanga – meaning)

small Adjective

iti (kupu kē atu: paku)

small Adjective

paku (kupu kē atu: iti)

solve, complete Transitive Verb

whakaoti ~a

south Noun

runga (kupu kē atu: tonga)

south-east Noun

rāwhiti-mā-tonga

speed, fast Noun, Adjective

tere (kupu kē atu: horo)

speedometer Noun

ine-tere

spring (season) Noun

aroaromahana (kupu kē atu: kōanga)

spring (season) Noun

kōanga (kupu kē atu: aroaromahana)

spring scale Noun

whana ine-taumaha

square centimetre Noun

mitarau pūrua (tohu: cm²⁾

square metre Noun

mita pūrua (tohu: m²)

standard Adjective

arowhānui (takenga mai: aro - focus, have a certain direction; whanui – broad, wide)

standard form, scientific notation Noun

tānga ngahuru (takenga mai: tā – print; ngahuru – ten)

standard unit of measurement Noun

waeine arowhānui

stanine Noun

āwhata-iwa (takenga mai: āwhata - scale; iwa - nine)

statement scale Noun

āwhata tauākī

stone Noun

tōne (takenga mai: he kupu mino)

stop watch Noun

wati tū

strategy Noun

rautaki (takenga mai: rau [rauhanga] – cunning, resourceful; taki – lead, bring along)

summer Noun

matiti (kupu kē atu: raumati)

summer Noun

raumati (kupu kē atu: matiti)

sundial Noun

karaka ātārangi

sunrise Noun

whitinga o te rā

sunset Noun

tōnga o te rā (kupu kē atu: torengi ~tanga)

surface area Noun

horahanga mata

Thursday Noun

Rāpare (kupu kē atu: Tāite [kupu mino])

Tuesday Noun

Rātū (kupu kē atu: Tūrei [kupu mino])

tape measure, measuring tape Noun

taura ine (kupu kē atu: rūri tākai, tēpa ine, taura tīeke)

temperature Noun

paemahana (takenga mai: pae - margin, boundary, threshold; mahana – warm) (kupu kē atu: mahana, pāmahana)

thermometer Noun

ine-mahana

thick Adjective

mātotoru

thin Adjective

tūpuhi (kupu kē atu: hīroki, rahirahi)

thumb width Noun

kōnui (kupu kē atu: tōnui)

time Noun

wā (kupu kē atu: tāima)

time zone Noun

rohe wā

timeline Noun

rārangi wā

timer Noun

ine-wā

timetable Noun

wātaka

tomorrow adverb (time)

āpōpō

tonne Noun

tana (tohu: t) (kupu kē atu: manokiro)

twenty-four hour time Noun

wā-rua tekau mā whā (whakapotonga: wā-24)

unit of measurement Noun

waeine (takenga mai: wae – divide, part, portion; ine – measure)

unit rate Noun

pāpātanga waetahi

variable Noun, Intransitive Verb, Adjective

taurangi

very small Adjective

moroiti

volume Noun

rōrahi (takenga mai: rō [roto] – inside; rahi – size)

volume measuring instrument Noun

ine-rōrahi

Wednesday Noun

Rāapa (kupu kē atu: Wenerei [kupu mino])

week Noun

wiki

weight (for measuring mass) Noun

maihea (takenga mai: maihea – sinker for fishing line)

winter Noun

hōtoke (kupu kē atu: takurua)

winter Noun

takurua (kupu kē atu: hōtoke)

yard Noun

iari (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

year Noun

tau

yesterday Noun, adverb (time)

inanahi