Te Ine / Measurement

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He rārangi kupu e pā ana ki tēnei peka o te wānanga pāngarau.

A vocabulary list relating to this area of mathematical understanding.

ahiahi Tūingoa

afternoon

ahiahi pō Tūingoa

evening (kupu kē atu: pō nehu)

ahopae Tūingoa

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

ahopou Tūingoa

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

ahu ~nga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro

direction, bearing, orientation, directed toward (kupu kē atu: anga, aro ~nga)

ākuanei Tūwā

presently, soon (kupu kē atu: ā kō ake nei)

āpōpō Tūwā

tomorrow

aroaromahana Tūingoa

spring (season) (kupu kē atu: kōanga)

arokē Tūāhua

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

arowhānui Tūāhua

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

ata Tūingoa

morning

ata hāpara Tūingoa

dawn (kupu kē atu: tākiritanga)

ata pō Tūingoa

before dawn

ata pūao Tūingoa

early dawn (kupu kē atu: ata iti)

ata tū Tūingoa

just after sunrise

aunihi Tūingoa

ounce (takenga mai: he kupu mino)

awatea Tūingoa

daylight

āwhata Tūingoa

scale (takenga mai: arawhata – ladder)

āwhata ōwehenga Tūingoa

ratio scale

āwhata rārangi Tūingoa

line scale

āwhata tauākī Tūingoa

statement scale

āwhata-iwa Tūingoa

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

āwhiwhi Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

approximate

Hakihea Tūingoa

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

hākona Tūingoa

second (unit of time) (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: hēkona)

haora Tūingoa

hour (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

haurua, hautoru, hauwhā ... Tūingoa, Tūāhua

half, third, quarter ... (tohu: {{1⁄2 }}, {{1⁄3 }}, {{1⁄4 }} ...)

heketea Tūingoa

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

hēneti Tūingoa

cent (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

Hereturikōkā Tūingoa

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

hoahoa āwhata Tūingoa

scale drawing, scale diagram

hōhonu Tūingoa, Tūāhua

deep, depth

Hōngongoi Tūingoa

July (kupu kē atu: Hūrae)

horahanga Tūingoa

area (takenga mai: hora – spread out)

horahanga mata Tūingoa

surface area

hōtoke Tūingoa

winter (kupu kē atu: takurua)

Huitanguru Tūingoa

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

huri ~hia ~hanga Tūmahi Whiti

change, convert

iari Tūingoa

yard (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

inaki Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

overlap

inanahi Tūingoa, Tūwā

yesterday

ine ~a ~nga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

measure, measurement

ine-koki Tūingoa

protractor

ine-mahana Tūingoa

thermometer

ine-mahana matihiko Tūingoa

digital thermometer

ine-rōnaki Tūingoa

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

ine-rōrahi Tūingoa

volume measuring instrument

ine-taiaho Tūingoa

laser measure

ine-taumaha Tūingoa

scale (for measuring weight)

ine-taumaha matihiko Tūingoa

digital scales

ine-tawhiti Tūingoa

odometer

ine-tere Tūingoa

speedometer

ine-wā Tūingoa

timer

īnihi Tūingoa

inch (takenga mai: he kupu mino)

ipu ine Tūingoa

measuring jug

ipu ine-kītanga Tūingoa

measuring jug (kupu kē atu: puoto ine)

iti Tūāhua

small (kupu kē atu: paku)

kāpehu Tūingoa

compass (direction)

kapu ine Tūingoa

measuring cup

karaka Tūingoa

clock, o'clock (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: matawā)

karaka ātārangi Tūingoa

sundial

karaka mati Tūingoa

digital clock

karaka one Tūingoa

sand clock (kupu kē atu: onetaka)

karaka ringa Tūingoa

analogue clock

karamu Tūingoa

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

karamumano Tūingoa

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

kārani Tūingoa

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

kaupeka (o te tau) Tūingoa

season (kupu kē atu: pekanga o te tau)

kiato Tūāhua

density

kītanga Tūingoa

capacity

kōanga Tūingoa

spring (season) (kupu kē atu: aroaromahana)

Kohitātea Tūingoa

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

koki Tūingoa

angle

koko ine Tūingoa

measuring spoon

kōnui Tūingoa

thumb width (kupu kē atu: tōnui)

kuata Tūingoa

quart (takenga mai: he kupu mino)

māero Tūingoa

mile (takenga mai: he kupu mino)

maha Tūingoa, Tūāhua

numerous, amount, many (kupu kē atu: huhua)

Mahuru Tūingoa

September (kupu kē atu: Hepetema)

maihea Tūingoa

weight (for measuring mass) (takenga mai: maihea – sinker for fishing line)

māmā Tūāhua

easy, light (mass), simple

manokaramu Tūingoa

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

manomita Tūingoa

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

manomita i te haora Tūingoa

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

manorita Tūingoa

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

marama Tūingoa

month

maramataka Tūingoa

calendar

mārō Tūingoa

fathom (length measurement of outstretched arms)

mati Tūingoa

forefinger width (unit of measurement)

mati whai tikanga Tūingoa

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

mati whaiira Tūingoa

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

matikara Tūingoa

handspan

matiti Tūingoa

summer (kupu kē atu: raumati)

mātotoru Tūāhua

thick

meneti Tūingoa

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

mita Tūingoa

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

mita i te hākona Tūingoa

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

mita pūrua Tūingoa

square metre (tohu: m2)

mita pūtoru Tūingoa

cubic metre (tohu: m3)

mitamano Tūingoa

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

mitarau Tūingoa

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

mitarau pūrua Tūingoa

square centimetre (tohu: cm2)

mitarau pūtoru Tūingoa

cubic centimetre (tohu: cm3)

moroiti Tūāhua

very small

motukore Tūāhua

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

motumotu Tūāhua

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

nui Tūāhua

big (kupu kē atu: rahi)

ngahuru Tūingoa

autumn (kupu kē atu: tokerau)

ōrite Tūāhua

equal, congruent (tohu: =)

ōrite te rahi Tūāhua

equivalent (size), same amount

pae Tūingoa

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

pae hapa Tūingoa

margin of error (takenga mai: pae - region, boundary)

paemahana Tūingoa

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

paenga Tūingoa

circumference, perimeter

paenga (o te) porowhita haurua Tūingoa

semicircumference

Paengawhāwhā Tūingoa

April (kupu kē atu: Āperira)

paku Tūāhua

small (kupu kē atu: iti)

pāpātanga Tūingoa

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

pāpātanga heke Tūingoa

rate of decline, rate of decay, decay rate

pāpātanga heke pūmau Tūingoa

constant rate of decline

pāpātanga o te whiti Tūingoa

rate of change (takenga mai: pāpātanga – rate; whiti – change)

pāpātanga tipu Tūingoa

growth rate, rate of growth

pāpātanga tipu pūmau Tūingoa

constant rate of growth

pāpātanga waetahi Tūingoa

unit rate

pāpātanga whakawhiti Tūingoa

exchange rate

papatipu Tūingoa

mass (takenga mai: papatipu – solid mass)

pāuna Tūingoa

pound (takenga mai: he kupu mino)

Pipiri Tūingoa

June (kupu kē atu: Hune)

Tūingoa

night

poto Tūāhua

short

poupoutanga o te rā Tūingoa

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

Poutūterangi Tūingoa

March (kupu kē atu: Māehe)

pūmau Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

invariant, fixed, constant

pūtahuri inenga Tūingoa

measurement converter

pūtu Tūingoa

foot (takenga mai: He kupu mino)

putu Tūingoa

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

Tūingoa

day (kupu kē atu: rangi)

Rāapa Tūingoa

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

rahi ~nga Tūingoa

amount, dimension, numerous, quantity, plentiful, size, large (kupu kē atu: nui)

Rāhina Tūingoa

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

Rāhoroi Tūingoa

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

Rāmere Tūingoa

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

rānui Tūingoa

noon, meridian, midday (kupu kē atu: poupoutanga o te rā, tūhoetanga o te rā)

rapanga (pāngarau) Tūingoa

(mathematical) problem (takenga mai: rapa – seek, look for)

Rāpare Tūingoa

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

rārangi wā Tūingoa

timeline

raraunga ine tinana Tūingoa

anthropometric data

rātaka Tūingoa

diary

Rātapu Tūingoa

Sunday

Rātū Tūingoa

Tuesday (kupu kē atu: Tūrei [kupu mino])

raumati Tūingoa

summer (kupu kē atu: matiti)

rautaki Tūingoa

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

rāwhiti Tūingoa

east (kupu kē atu: waho)

rāwhiti-mā-raki Tūingoa

north-east

rāwhiti-mā-tonga Tūingoa

south-east

rearua, reatoru ~tia ... Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti, Tūāhua, Tūkē

double, triple (takenga mai: rea [whakarea] – multiply; rua – two)

rita Tūingoa

litre (tohu: l)

ritamano Tūingoa

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

rite Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

equal (tohu: =)

roa ~nga Tūingoa, Tūāhua

length, long

rohe wā Tūingoa

time zone

rōrahi Tūingoa

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

runga Tūingoa

south (kupu kē atu: tonga)

rūri Tūingoa

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

takanga o te wā Tūingoa

passage of time

takurua Tūingoa

winter (kupu kē atu: hōtoke)

tana Tūingoa

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

tānga ngahuru Tūingoa

standard form, scientific notation (takenga mai: tā – print; ngahuru – ten)

taputapu ine Tūingoa

measuring device

taputapu ine kīhini Tūingoa

kitchen measuring apparatus

taputapu whakataurite

balance (for measuring weight) (kupu kē atu: whārite ine taumaha)

tāra Tūingoa

dollar

tāroaroa Tūingoa, Tūāhua

height (of a person), tall

tau Tūingoa

year

tau kuhurangi Tūingoa

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

tau maha Tūingoa

cardinal number

tau raupapa Tūingoa

ordinal number

taumaha Tūingoa, Tūāhua

heavy, weight

taura ine Tūingoa

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

taurahi Tūingoa

scale factor for enlargement (takenga mai: tau – number; rahi – size) (kupu kē atu: tau whakarahi)

taurangi Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

variable

tauwhata Tūingoa

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

tawhiti Tūingoa, Tūāhua, Tūkē

distant, distance (kupu kē atu: mamao)

teitei Tūingoa, Tūāhua

altitude, height, high, tall (kupu kē atu: tāroaroa [of a person], tiketike)

tepe o te tika Tūingoa

limit of accuracy (takenga mai: tepe – boundary, limit; tika – correct)

tere Tūingoa, Tūāhua

speed, fast (kupu kē atu: horo)

tika Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

accurate, correct, valid (kupu kē atu: tōtika)

tikanga Tūingoa

method, technique, convention, meaning

tokerau Tūingoa

autumn (kupu kē atu: ngahuru)

tōne Tūingoa

stone (takenga mai: he kupu mino)

tōnga o te rā Tūingoa

sunset (kupu kē atu: torengi ~tanga)

tūhoetanga o te rā Tūingoa

meridian, midday, noon (kupu kē atu: poupoutanga o te rā, rānui)

tuke Tūingoa

measurement from tip of the hand to the elbow

tūpuhi Tūāhua

thin (kupu kē atu: hīroki, rahirahi)

uka Tūingoa

coin (kupu kē atu: kapa, moniuka)

Tūingoa

time (kupu kē atu: tāima)

wā-mati Tūingoa

digital time

wā-ringa Tūingoa

analogue time

wā-rua tekau mā whā Tūingoa

twenty-four hour time (whakapotonga: wā-24)

waeine Tūingoa

unit of measurement (takenga mai: wae – divide, part, portion; ine – measure)

waeine arokē Tūingoa

non-standard unit of measurement

waeine arowhānui Tūingoa

standard unit of measurement

waeine Ingarangi Tūingoa

imperial unit of measure (takenga mai: Ingarangi [kupu mino] - England)

waeine ngahuru Tūingoa

metric unit

waeine pāpātanga Tūingoa

ratio unit, derived unit

waeine tohurau Tūingoa

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

waenganui pō Tūingoa

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

wātaka Tūingoa

timetable

wati tū Tūingoa

stop watch

weheruatanga (o te) pō Tūingoa

midnight (kupu kē atu: waenganui pō)

wiki Tūingoa

week

wīra ine Tūingoa

measuring wheel

whāiti Tūāhua

narrow (kupu kē atu: kūiti)

whakaawhiwhi ~a ~ nga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

round (a number) (takenga mai: whaka – causative prefix, to make; āwhiwhi – near, approximate)

whakaoti ~a Tūmahi Whiti

solve, complete

whakaoti rapanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro

problem-solving

whakatairite autaki Tūingoa

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

whakatairite mata ki te mata Tūingoa

direct comparison

whakatau tata ~ngia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

estimate (takenga mai: whakatau – conclude; tata – near)

whana ine-taumaha Tūingoa

spring scale

whānui Tūingoa, Tūāhua

breadth, wide, width

whārite ine-taumaha Tūingoa

balance (for measuring weight) (kupu kē atu: taputapu whakataurite)

whetoko Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro

pace, step (measurement) (kupu kē atu: tāwhaiwhai, tīkei, whakaraka)

Whiringa ā-nuku Tūingoa

October (kupu kē atu: Oketopa)

Whiringa ā-rangi Tūingoa

November (kupu kē atu: Noema)

whitinga o te rā Tūingoa

sunrise