He Kupu Taka

āhukahuka

recognise

ariā

theory; idea

arohaehae

critique; appraise

arotahi

focus

arotake

evaluate

āta titiro

observe

auaha

creative

huatau

concept

ia

trend

kōwhiri

choose; select

mārama

understand

matapae

predict

matapaki

discuss

mātātaki

challenge

matea

need

mōhio

know; informed

mōhiohio

information; informed

pāhekoheko

interact

parahau

justify

pārongo

information

rāwekeweke

manipulate

tāruarua

retell; repeat

tātai

calculate

tātaki

spell

tātari

analyse; sort

tauira

pattern; model

tautohu

identify

tautuhi

define

tīpako

sample; select

tohatoha

distribute; allocate; share

torotoro

explore; exploration

tūhono

make connections

tūhura

investigate

tukanga

process

waihanga

create; shape

wehewehe

sort

whaitake

meaningful; purpose; relevance

whakaahua

describe

whai wāhi atu

experience; participate in

whakaaro arohaehae

critical thinking

whakaaro arorau

logical thinking

whakaaroaro

consider

whakaaronui (-tia)

appreciative

whakaata

reflect

whakaatu

show; demonstrate

whakaauaha

creative

whakaawe[nga]

influence; affect

whakawhānui

generalise

whakahāngai

adapt; apply

whakahiato

compile; synthesise; develop

whakahua

pronounce

whakamāori

interpret

whakamārama

explain

whakamātau 

experiment; test

whakangāwari 

simplify

whakapakepake 

persuade

whakarāpopoto 

summarise

whakarerekē 

modify; change

whakarite

plan

whakarōpū

classify

whakatairanga

promote

whakatairite

compare & contrast

whakataki

manage

whakatau mutunga

conclusion

whakataurite

compare; contrast

whakatauira

to model; give examples

whakawhanake

develop

whanaketanga

development

āheinga koiri

physical competence

āheinga reo

language function

aho

light

ahu-2

2-dimensional

ahu-3

3-dimensional

āhua-matū

state of matter

āhuatanga ahurea

cultural feature

āhuatanga pūmau

invariant property

āhuatanga toi

art technique

āhuatanga tūturu

natural feature

ahupūngao karihi

nuclear physics

ahurea

culture

ahurei

unique

āinga

force (e.g. historical)

āinga pāpori

social force

akoranga koiri

physical education

ānga

momentum

ā-nuku

geological

ao māori

natural environment

ao tukupū

universe

aorangi

planet

āputa gap;

space between

ara iahiko

electrical circuit

ārai

insulate

āraitanga

eclipse

ā-rangi

astronomical

ariā korakora

particle theory

ariā nukupapa

tectonic plate theory

aro whānui

standard (e.g. unit of measurement)

aronga kē

non-standard (e.g. unit of measurement)

arotautanga

optimisation

aruarunga

discontinuity

ā-tā (reo tā)

language in a visual form

ātārangi

shadow

ā-Tāwhiri

atmospheric

ā-tinana (reo o te tinana)

paralinguistics; body language

auaha

creative; innovative

auahatanga

creativity

auau te puta

high frequency

aukati

constraint

aupēhi

peer pressure

autō

magnet(ism)

autōhiko

electromagnet(ism)

ā-waha (reo ā-waha)

oral language

e whai tikanga ana ki …

having significance for …

hā (o te oro)

tone (of sound)

haepapa

responsible; responsibility

haere kōtui

interrelated

hakoko

refract(ion)

hangarau kai

food technology

hangarau koiora

biotechnology

hangarau whakatina

control technology

hangore

flexible

hapa

mistake; a slip

hapori

community

hātepe

process

haumaru(tanga)

safe; safety

hauropi

ecology, ecological

hau-tahi

unit fraction

hihiri

enthusiasm

hīkaro

infer; inference

hiko

electricity

hiko tū

static electricity

hinengaro auaha

ingenuity

hinonga

enterprise

hiranga

excellence; superior

hītori

history

hoahoa

design

hoahoa rākau

tree diagram

honohono katote

ionic bonding

honohono ngātahi

covalent bonding

hononga

relationship

hononga mokowā

spatial relationship

horopaki

context

huānga

element (member of a set); element (arts)

huanui

locus

huapai

positive (outcome)

huarahi wātea

opportunity

huinga raraunga

data set

hurihanga

cycle

hurihanga-ora

life-cycle

huringa o te wā

over time

ikarangi

galaxy

ine hononga taurangi rārangi

linear regression

ine mahora

standard deviation

iranga

genetics

kaiārahi

leader

kaitoi

artist

kaiwhakanao

producer

kaiwhakapeto

consumer

kaka-aku

textile

kakano

texture

kano

colour

kanorau koiora

biodiversity

kare ā-roto

feeling; emotion

katote

ion

kaupapa koiri

physical activity programme

kauwhiti

lever

kawe

conduct

kawekawe

chemical

kīanga

phrase

kīanga taurangi

algebraic expression

kiato

density

kīrehe

animal

kirihou

plastic

kiritaki

customer, client

kitenga

finding

kōhauhau

atmosphere

kōhungahunga

infant; toddler

koiora

biology; biotechnology

konganuku

metal

kōrahi

scale

korakora

particle (chemical)

korehāhā

extinct

kōrero whakanene

joke

kōtui

combine

kōtuitui

integrate; synthesise

kounga

quality

kounga (kupu āhua)

qualitative

kōwae

paragraph

kōwhiringa

option; choice

kukuwhatanga, kunenga

evolution

kupu āhua

adjective

kupu honohono

conjunction

kupu taurite

synonym

mahi koiri

physical activity

mahinga ahurea

cultural practice

mahinga ohaoha

economic activity

māia

confidence

maioha

appreciation

mānu

float

mānukanuka

tension

māori

natural

māramatanga

understanding

marohi rāroto

interpolation

marohi rāwaho

extrapolation

mātakinga

observation

mātanga

clear

mātāoroko

object (before transformation)

mātāpono

principle

mātāpuna

source

matatau

proficient

matatika

ethics; ethical

mātātika

ethics

matatika pāpori

social justice

mātātuhi

image (of an object following transformation)

mātau

know; understand

matawaenga

dilemma

matawhawhati

unexpected

matawhenua

geography

matea kikokiko

physical need

matea ngākau

emotional need

matea pāpori

social need

matū

matter; materials

matū waihanga

synthetic

mauroanga

durable

māwhaiwhai kame

food web

mehamehanga

solubility

mōhiotanga knowledge

mokowā

space; spatial

momo

species

momo tākaro

games

mōmōhanga

scarce

mōrearea

crisis

moroiti

micro-organism

motika

rights

motika tangata

human right

motumotu

disjointed

motunga koeko

conic section

nanao

use

nekehanga

movement

nekenga

motion

ngā mahi a te rēhia

performance arts; performing arts

ngā take o te wā

current events

ngā tikanga o te wā

trends over time

ngaru

wave

ngota

atom

ngotangota

particle (subatomic)

ōhanga

economics; economy

ohaoha

economics

ōkawa

formal

ōkiko

physical (i.e. nonchemical)

ōpaki

informal

ōpunga

heat capacity

oranga

life

oreore

alive

oro

sound

orotahi

note (of sound)

otinga

outcome; effect

ōwehenga pākoki

trigonometric ratio

pae hapa

margins of error

paemahana

temperature

pāhekohekotanga

interaction; cooperation; cultural interaction

pakihi

business

pakirehua

inquiry

pakirehua pāpori

social inquiry

paku whakarerekē

adapt

pana

push

pānga

effect; relationship

pānga huri kōaro

reciprocal function

pānga kōaro

inverse function

pānga pākoki

trigonometric function

pānga pūrua

quadratic function

pānga rārangi

linear relationship

pānga rārangi hāngai

direct linear relationship

pānga rārangi kōaro

inverse linear relationship

pānga rārangi-kore

non-linear function

pānga rōnaki

gradient function

pānga taupū

exponential function

panoni

transformation; change

panoni pūmau

permanent change

panoni rangitahi

temporary change

pāpā

influence; have an impact upon

papa taunga

coordinate plain

pāpāhua

base (vs. acid)

papa-maha

multi-level

papanga

materials

paparua

repeat; copy; replicate

papa-tahi

single-level

papātanga

impact

pāpātanga

rate

pāpātanga o te whiti

rate of change

pāpātanga whakaputu

compound rate

papataunaki

evidence-based

pāpono paheko

combined event

pāpono wehe kē

independent event

pāpono whakawhirinaki

conditional event

pāpori

social; socio

pārōnaki

differentiation

pārōnaki kōaro

anti-differentiation

pārongo tauanga

statistical information

paturopi

antibiotics

pāwhaitua

integration

peha

narrative

pītau-ira

DNA

pohewatanga

imagination

pōkākā

heat

pūāhua

situation

pūhanga manawa

mechanical

pūhui

compound

pūhui konganuku

metal compound

pūhuruhurutanga

puberty

puia

volcano

pūkenga

skill

pūkenga koiri

motor skill

pūkenga koiri whāiti

fine motor skill

pūkenga neke

movement skills

pūkenga puoro

musicianship

pūkenga whakahaere mahi

project management skills

pūmanawa

natural talent; potential

pūmau o te pūngao

conservation of energy

pūmotu

element

puna ira

gene pool

puna reo

language knowledge

pūnaha

system

pūnaha mātauranga

knowledge system

pūnaha ngahuru

metric system

pūnaha tohu

symbol system

pūnaha-hauropi

ecosystem

pūngao

energy

pūngao moe

potential energy

pūngao neke

kinetic energy

puoro

music; sound

pūrau

polynomial

pūrongo

report

pūtahitanga

institution

pūtake

purpose

pūtaketanga

cause

putanga, putanga iho

outcome

rahinga

quantity

rāngai

sector

ranu(nga)

mix(ture)

rapirapi

scribble; scratch

rāpoi ngota

molecule

rārangi pūtahi

intersecting lines

rārangi whakarara

parallel lines

raraunga houanga

time series data

raraunga matarua

bi-variate data

raraunga motumotu

discrete data

raraunga whakarōpū

category data

raraunga whakarōpū matatini

multi-variate category data

ratonga

service

rauara

network

raumata

net (of a solid shape)

raupapa kame

food chain

raupapa koiri

motor skill sequence

raupapa koiri āhua uaua

complex motor skill sequence

raupapa neke

movement sequence

raupapa tatauranga

counting sequence

rauropi

organism; living organism

rautaki

strategy

rautaki āhuahanga

geometrical strategy

rautaki pānga riterite

proportional strategy

rautaki tāpiripiri

additive strategy

rautaki tatau

counting strategy

rautaki taurangi

algebraic strategy

rautaki tohatoha ōrite

equal sharing strategy

rautaki wāwāhi tau tāpiripiri

additive partitioning strategy

rautaki whakarea

multiplicative strategy

rautaki whakarōpū

grouping strategy

rawa

natural resources; resource; materials

rawa ora

living material

reo ā-puta

productive language

reo ā-tinana

body language

rere

flight

rerehua

aesthetics

rerekētanga ā-ira

genetic variation

rima me ngā tauhono

groupings with five

ritenga

rule

rōnaki

gradient; slope

rongo

odour

rū whenua

earthquake

tāhiko

electronics

tāhiko me te hangarau whakatina electronics and control technology

tahu

burn

taiao ahurea

cultural environment

taiao tūturu

natural environment

taiohi

teenager

taiopenga

festival

tairongo

sensory

Taka Pūmotu

Periodic Table

takahuri

amend; alter; change

takapau

ceremonial mat

take ohaoha

economic issue

take taiao

environmental issue

takenga

origin

takirua raupapa

ordered pair

takitahi

individual

tāpaetanga kōrero

assertion

tapeke raupapa tāpiri

arithmetic series

tapeke raupapa whakarea

geometric series

tapepe

falter

tāpua

significant

tāpui wai

water reserve

taputapu tool;

instrument

tātaki

spell

tātaritanga raraunga torotoro

exploratory data analysis

tatau (kupu āhua)

quantitative

tau hiato

complex number

tau toitū

prime number

tau tōpū

integer

tauhohe matū

chemical reaction

tauhono o te tekau  

additive groupings within ten

tauira ahurea

cultural pattern

tauira horahora hauropi

ecological distribution pattern

tauira mokowā

spatial pattern

tauira raupapa

sequential pattern

tauira tāruarua

repeating pattern

tauira taupū kōaro

log modelling

tauira tūturu

natural pattern

taukumekume

debate

taunaki (-tanga)

evidence

taupatupatu

debate

taupori

population

taupū

exponent

taupuhipuhi

interdependent

taurangi

variable; algebra

taurangi motumotu matapōkere

discrete random variable

taurangitanga

variation

taurea

multiple

taurite

equilibrium

tauru

pulley

tautake

philosophy

tautohe(tia)

contested

tautohetohe

argue a point

tauwehe

factor

tauwhāiti

specific

tawhā

parameter

tāwhai

imitate

te takanga o te wā

over time

tekau me ngā tauhono

groupings with ten

tepe (o te tika)

limit (of accuracy)

tikanga āhuahanga taunga

co-ordinate geometry

tikanga haumaru

safety procedures

tikanga peha

narrative conventions

tikanga rorohiko mō te kauwhata rārangi

linear programming technique

tikanga tuku iho

tradition

tikanga whakanoho rārangi kōpiko

curve fitting technique

tinihanga

joking around; teasing

tino pakeke

complex

tīpako matapōkere

random sample

tipu

plant

tiri

share

tirohanga

perspective

tito

write; compose

tītohunga ā-rongo

physical phenomenon

titonga puoro

instrumental composition

tō

pull

tō ā-papa

gravity

tohu

symbol

tohu ōkawa

formal notation (music)

tohu tuhituhi

punctuation

toi ataata

visual arts

toitū

lasting; sustainable

tōkeke pāpori

social justice

tokonga whakaaro

thinking (of a group)

tōpana

force

tōrangapū

political; politics

tōrite rārangi

linear inequation

toro ātea

space exploration

totoro

stretch; extend

tūāhua

event

tūāhua o mua

past event

tūāhua whakahirahira

important event

tuakiri

identity

tuakiri ā-iwi

ethnic identity

tuakiri ā-motu, tuakiri ā-whenua

national identity

tuakiri whaiaro

personal identity

tuanaki

calculus

tūāpapa

foundation; basis

tuari hangarite

normal distribution

tuari huarua

binomial distribution

tuari raraunga

data distribution

tuari tātai

theoretical distribution

tuari whakamātau

experimental distribution

tuhi

record

tuhinga ataata

visual language

tūhuratanga tauanga

statistical investigation

tukanga kohikohi raraunga

data collection method

tukanga pāhekoheko

interacting process

tukanga whai tīpako

sampling method

tukatuka mōhiohio

process information

tuku ihotanga

heritage

tuku mōhiohio

information transfer

tukunga iho

inheritance

tukutuku

grid

tūranga

role

ture aho

sine rule

ture whenu

cosine rule

tūtohi ararua

two-way table

uara

value

uara ā-hinengaro

cognitive values

uara ā-wairua

moral values

ūngeri

rhythm

urupare

feedback; response; respond

urutapu

pure

urutau

adapt

utauta

equipment

wahangū

silent

wāhi noho

habitat

waia haere

become more familiar with

waiaro

attitude

waihanga

shape; devise; create

waikawa

acid

waikura

rust

waiwaro

hydrocarbon

waku

friction

warokore

inorganic (chemical)

wāwāhi

partition

wēanga

measure of central tendency

wehe kētanga

independence

wehewehe raraunga

sort data

wetewete

analyse

whaikiko

purposeful

whai patanga

purposeful; useful

whai tūranga

acquire role

whai wāhi (ki) …

participate; have opportunity

whaiaro

personal

whaihanga

simulation

whaitakenga

reasonableness

whaitua taupono

confidence interval

whaiwāhitanga

opportunity

whaiwaro

organic (chemical)

whakaahua

describe

whakaahuahanga

representation

whakaari

drama

whakaari raraunga

data display

whakaaro pānga riterite

proportional reasoning

whakaaro whaitake

deductive thinking

whakaaroaro

consider

whakaata, whakaataata

reflect

whakaauaha

create; creative

whakaawhiwhi

round (a number)

whakaharatau hangarau

technological practice

whakahiato

collate; develop; synthesise

whakahihiri

motivate

whakahou

reform

whakaihi

excite

whakakoi

sharpen; improve

whakamahi

use; apply

whakamāoritanga

interpretation

whakamātau tika

fair test

whakaniko[niko]

embellish; enhance

whakaoti rapanga

problem-solving

whakapono

belief

whakapono tōrangapū

political ideology

whakaputa tuakiri

expressing identity

whakaputa uri

reproduction

whakatakoto

outline; propose

whakatangitangi

musical instrument

whakataurite

compare; contrast

whakatinana

implement

whakatinana ira

gene expression

whakatoihara

discrimination; prejudice

whakatōtika

intervene (correct)

whakatutuki (matea tangata)

meet (peoples’ needs)

whakauru

engage; insert; include

whakawā

make a judgement or decision

whakawhena

assert; be assertive

whakawhiwhinga

acquisition

whānau a Tama-nuite-Rā

solar system

whanonga

behaviour

whanonga tangata

human behaviour

whāomoomotanga

sustainability

whārite pārōnaki

differential equation

whārite pūrau

polynomial equation

whārite pūrua

quadratic equation

whārite rārangi

linear equation

whārite rārangi-kore

non-linear equation

whārite taupū

exponential equation

whārite tukutahi

simultaneous equation

whārite whai taurangi

algebraic equation

wheako

experience

wheako reo

language experience

whenua, motu

country; nation

whiringa māori

natural selection

whiriwhiringa raupapa

permutation

whiriwhiringa raupapa-kore

combination