Maori translationEnglish translation

Te Taurawhiri I Te Reo Māori Māori Language Commission
Matariki

Tātai Arorangi

I takea katoatia mai ngā ingoa aorangi Māori e whai ake nei i ngā ingoa atua Pākehā o tua whakarere. I runga i tēnei i toko ake te whakaaro me whai atu a Māori i tā Pākehā tauira. Nō reira, atu i a Jupiter (he ingoa tuturu tō te Māori mō Jupiter), katoa ēnei e whai ana i tērā āhua.

MarsTū-mata-uenga
PlutoWhiro
NeptuneTangaroa
JupiterPareārau
UranusWhērangi
MercuryApārangi
SaturnRongo
VenusKōpū, Tāwera (o te ata)
Meremere, Rereahiahi (o te ahiahi)
EarthPapa-tū-ā-nuku, (te) Whenua
SunTama-nui-te-Rā
StarWhetū
CometUnahiroa
Southern CrossTe Taki o Autahi
PleiadesMatariki
RigelPuanga
OrionTautoru
SiriusTakurua
CirrusPūrehurehu
Milky WayTira Whetū
CharonKūwatawata
(mai i ngā kōrero mō Mataora rāua ko Niwareka)
astronomymātauranga tātai arorangi
universeao tukupū
solar systemrerenga o Tama-nui-te-rā
galaxy (Milky Way)Te Mangō Roa
atmospherepihao
planetaorangi (ao = world + rangi = heavenly)
asteroidaorangi iti
orbitāmionga
gravitytō-ā-papa
black holehōnea kore
coronakurahauao (mai i te kurahaupō)
space probepōkai ātea (mai i te pōkai whenua)
satelite (manmade)arorangi (hori)
radarhihiani (hihi = ray, beam + beam + ani = resounding, echoing)
navigateurungi
eclipseāraitanga
equatorweherua
equatorialweherua
equinoxweheruatanga o te rā, o te pō
solsticetuakaihautanga o Tama-nui-te-Rā (tuakaihau = kāore e kitea)
zenithte kōmata o te rangi (tuakaihau = kāore e kitea)
hydrogenhauwai
carbon dioxidehauhā
nucleuskarihi
atomngota
stratuste kupenga a Tara-mainuku
cumulus(he) kapua whakapipi
nimbus(he) okewa

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