Te Reo Matatini

whakapae ~tia

hypothesis, hypothesise

tūingoa, tūmahi whiti

WHAKAMĀRAMA

Ko tā te tangata whakatakoto whakamārama mō tētahi āhuatanga i runga noa iho i ōna ake whakaaro, kāore i āta tūhuratia, i rangahautia, i whakamātauria rānei. Ākene pea ko te tūhuratanga ka whai i muri i te whakapae.

A person's proposed explanation for some phenomenon based on their own ideas, with no careful investigation, research or testing. Sometimes an hypothesis will be made and followed up by an investigation.

Tauira KŌrero

Whakamāramahia ngā mahi hei tūhura i tēnei whakapae āu.

E whakapaetia ana e te hunga pūtaiao, nā te huarere i kino ai te pūkohu wai i tēnei tau.

He aha tō whakapae mō te hua o tēnei whakamātau?

Tauira KŌrero

Whakamāramahia ngā mahi hei tūhura i tēnei whakapae āu.

E whakapaetia ana e te hunga pūtaiao, nā te huarere i kino ai te pūkohu wai i tēnei tau.

He aha tō whakapae mō te hua o tēnei whakamātau?