Te Wāhi, Te Ahunga me te Panoni / Position, Direction and Transformation

Māori → English

He rārangi kupu e pā ana ki ēnei peka o roto i te wānanga pāngarau.

A vocabulary list relationg to these aspects of mathematical understanding.

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)

ahu ~nga Tūingoa

orientation

āhuahanga Tūingoa

geometry

āhuahanga panoni Tūingoa

transformation geometry

āhuatanga pūmau Tūingoa

invariant property (takenga mai: āhuatanga – property; pūmau – fixed, constant, permanent)

ara torotika Tūingoa

direct route (kupu kē atu: ahunga ā-manu)

āwhata Tūingoa

scale (takenga mai: arawhata – ladder)

āwhata ōwehenga Tūingoa

ratio scale

āwhata rārangi Tūingoa

line scale

āwhata tauākī Tūingoa

statement scale

awhe-ararau Tūingoa

orienteering (takenga mai: awhe – go, travel; ara – path; rau - hundred, many)

āwhiwhi Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

approximate

hāngai Tūāhua

perpendicular, at right angles (takenga mai: hāngai – across, at right angles, astride)

hangarite Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

symmetrical, symmetry (takenga mai: hanga – shape; rite – alike, corresponding)

hangarite hurihanga Tūingoa

rotational symmetry

hangarite whakaata Tūingoa

line symmetry, reflective symmetry

hauroki Tūingoa, Tūāhua

diagonal

hikuwaru Tūāhua

irregular, asymmetric (takenga mai: hikuwaru – crooked, asymmetrical)

hoahoa ~ina Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

diagram (takenga mai: hoahoa – plan of a house)

hoahoa ā-papa Tūingoa

floor plan

hoahoa āwhata Tūingoa

scale drawing, scale diagram

hoahoa inerite Tūingoa

isometric diagram

huanui Tūingoa

locus (takenga mai: huanui – path, pathway)

huapae Tūāhua

horizontal (kupu kē atu: pae, whakapae)

huri ~hia ~hanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

rotate, rotation, turn

hurihanga haurua Tūingoa

half-turn (180˚)

hurihanga hauwhā Tūingoa

quarter-turn (90˚)

hurihanga kōaro Tūingoa

inverse rotation

inaki Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

overlap

inerite Tūingoa, Tūāhua

isometric (takenga mai: ine – measure; rite - alike, corresponding)

kāpehu Tūingoa

compass (direction)

karaka Tūingoa

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

karaka ringa Tūingoa

analogue clock

kauhuri ~a ~nga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro

flip (kupu kē atu: huripoki)

kōaro Tūingoa, Tūāhua

inverse

kōaro Tūingoa, Tūkē, Tūāhua

anticlockwise

koki Tūingoa

angle

koki huripū Tūingoa

whole angle, full turn (360˚)

koki rewa Tūingoa

angle of elevation

koki tāheke Tūingoa

angle of depression

kokonga Tūingoa

corner (kupu kē atu: akitu)

mahere Tūingoa

map

mahere ao porotaka Tūingoa

globe (takenga mai: mahere - map; ao - world; porotaka - round [shape])

mahere āwhata Tūingoa

scale map

mahere huarahi Tūingoa

road map

mahere pāhekoheko Tūingoa

interactive map

mātāoroko Tūingoa

object (before transformation) (takenga mai: mātā [mātāniho] – print or mark of teeth; oroko – for the first time)

matapae ~hia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

predict, prediction

mātātuhi Tūingoa

image (takenga mai: mātā [mātāniho] – print or mark of teeth; tuhi – draw, write) (kupu kē atu: otinga)

mātātuhi hurihanga Tūingoa

rotated image (kupu kē atu: otinga hurihanga)

mātātuhi nekehanga Tūingoa

translated image (kupu kē atu: otinga nekehanga)

mātātuhi whakaatanga Tūingoa

reflected image, mirror image (kupu kē atu: otinga whakaatanga)

mokowā Tūingoa

space, spatial

neke ~hia ~hanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

translate, translation, move (kupu kē atu: nuku)

ōrite Tūāhua

equal, congruent (tohu: =)

ōrite te āhua Tūāhua

similar (shape)

otinga Tūingoa

answer, product, quotient, result, solution (takenga mai: oti – finished, completed) (kupu kē atu: hua)

pānga riterite Tūingoa

proportional relationship (tohu: ) (takenga mai: pānga - relationship; pā - relate to, to be connected with; riterite - be alike, regular)

papa kōputaputa Tūingoa

peg board (takenga mai: board, surface; kōputaputa – pitted, full of holes)

papa taunga Tūingoa

co-ordinate plane

papa tīrau Tūingoa

geoboard (takenga mai: papa – board; tīrau – peg, stick)

pepa tukutuku Tūingoa

grid paper

pere Tūingoa

vector

poutū Tūāhua

vertical (kupu kē atu: pou, poupou)

Tūingoa

centre (kupu kē atu: pokapū)

pū huringa Tūingoa

centre of rotation

pū whakarahi Tūingoa

centre of enlargement

pūmau Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

invariant, fixed, constant

pūtahi ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro

intersect, intersection (takenga mai: pūtahi – join, meet)

putu Tūingoa

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

pūwaenga Tūingoa

midpoint (of a line segment) (takenga mai: pū [pūwāhi] – point; waenga – the middle, midst)

pūwāhi whakarārangi Tūingoa

collinear points

raki Tūingoa

north (kupu kē atu: tokerau)

rārangi hāngai Tūingoa

perpendicular line

rārangi hangarite Tūingoa

line of symmetry

rārangi poutū Tūingoa

vertical line

rārangi pūtahi Tūingoa

concurrent lines, intersecting lines

rārangi whakaata Tūingoa

mirror line (kupu kē atu: paeata)

rārangi whakarara Tūingoa

parallel line

raro Tūingoa, Tūwāhi

below, bottom, under

rātō Tūingoa

west (kupu kē atu: uru)

rauemi (ako) Tūingoa

resource, learning materials

rauemi matihiko Tūingoa

digital resource (takenga mai: rauemi – resource; mati – digit; hiko [tāhiko] – electronic)

raupapatanga panoni Tūingoa

transformation sequence

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

rite Tūāhua

similar (in proportion)

rite

regular (shape) (kupu kē atu: ōrite)

roa ~nga Tūingoa, Tūāhua

length, long

rōpinepine Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro

tesselate, tessellation, tiling, mosiac (takenga mai: rōpine – place close together)

roto Tūingoa, Tūwāhi

inside

runga Tūingoa

south (kupu kē atu: tonga)

runga Tūingoa, Tūwāhi

above

tāporowhita Tūingoa

compass (for drawing circles) (takenga mai: tā –to draw; porowhita – circle) (kupu kē atu: taputapu tuhi porowhita)

taputapu Tūingoa

apparatus, device, equipment, instrument, tool

tata Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

close (near) (kupu kē atu: pātata)

tau hangarite Tūingoa

order of symmetry

tauaro Tūingoa, Tūāhua

opposite (kupu kē atu: anganui)

tauira ōkiko Tūingoa

concrete model (takenga mai: ōkiko - physical; ō - pertaining to; kiko - body, substance)

tauira pāngarau Tūingoa

mathematical model

taunga Tūingoa

co-ordinate, position (takenga mai: taunga – resting place, anchorage) (kupu kē atu: takotoranga)

taunga ahuroa Tūingoa

polar coordinates (takenga mai: taunga – position; ahu – direction; roa – length)

taunga tukutuku Tūingoa

Cartesian coordinates (takenga mai: taunga – position; tukutuku – grid)

taurahi Tūingoa

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

taurangi Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

variable

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)

tika Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

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

tikanga Tūingoa

method, technique, convention, meaning

tirohanga Tūingoa

view

tirohanga (mai i te taha) matau Tūingoa

right side view

tirohanga (mai i te taha) mauī Tūingoa

left side view

tirohanga (mai i) mua Tūingoa

front view

tirohanga (mai i) muri Tūingoa

rear view

tirohanga (mai i) raro Tūingoa

bottom view

tirohanga (mai i) runga Tūmahi Whiti

plan view (kupu kē atu: tirohanga ā-manu, hoahoa ā-manu)

tokerau Tūingoa

north (kupu kē atu: raki)

tonga Tūingoa

south (kupu kē atu: runga)

topa Tūmahi Poro

zoom (takenga mai: topa - to soar, swoop,)

tuaka Tūingoa

axis (takenga mai: tuaka – midrib of a leaf)

tuaka hangarite Tūingoa

axis of symmetry

tukutuku Tūingoa

grid

tukutuku inerite Tūingoa

isometric grid

tūmau Tūingoa

identity (takenga mai: tūmau – fixed, constant)

uru Tūingoa

west (kupu kē atu: rātō)

uru-mā-raki Tūingoa

north-west

uru-mā-tonga Tūingoa

south-west

waenganui Tūingoa, Tūwāhi

middle

waho Tūingoa

east (kupu kē atu: rāwhiti)

whakaahuahanga Tūingoa

representation

whakaata ~tia ~nga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti, Tūāhua

reflect, reflection, mirror

whakaata nekehanga Tūingoa

glide reflection

whakamahere ~tia Tūmahi Whiti

to plan or map

whakamāori ~tia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

interpret

whakamua Tūkē

forward

whakamuri Tūkē

backward

whakarahi ~a ~nga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti, Tūāhua

enlarge, enlargement (kupu kē atu: whakanui ~a)

whakarara Tūāhua

parallel (takenga mai: whakarara – mark in parallel lines)

whakaroa ~tia Tūmahi Whiti

extend, lengthen

whakatekaraka Tūāhua, Tūkē

clockwise (kupu kē atu: ā-karaka)