whetū mārama
1. (noun) planet - nine planets are in orbit around the sun and Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were known to Māori astonomers in ancient times.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 165-180;)
Ko Takero, ko Kōpū, ko te Ao, ko Matawhero, ko Rangawhenua, ko Pareārau ngā whetū mārama i mōhiotia ai e ngā tohunga kōkōrangi Māori o neherā (PK 2008:1174). / Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are the planets that were known by Māori astronomers in ancient times.
aorangi
1. (noun) planet - a modern word. Nine planets are in orbit around the sun and Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were known to Māori astonomers in ancient times. .
Ko te ingoa o te Māori mō te huinga o te rā, te marama, ngā aorangi, ngā whetū, ngā kāhui whetū, ko te whānau mārama (Te Ara 2013). / The Māori name for the sun, moon, planets, stars and constellations and stars is the 'whānau mārama' (family of light).
See also whetūao
Synonyms: whetūao, whetū mārama
whetūao
1. (noun) planet - nine planets are in orbit around the sun and Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were known to Māori astonomers in ancient times.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 165-180;)
Ko Kōpū te whetūao noho tuarua mai i te rā, ko Papatūānuku te tuatoru (PK 2008:1174). / Venus is the second planet from the sun and Earth is the third.
See also whetū mārama
Synonyms: aorangi, whetū mārama
Meremere-tū-ahiahi
1. (personal name) Venus as an evening star - the second planet from the sun in the solar system and the brightest celestial object after the sun and moon.
Ka rere ahiahi ka kīia ko Meremere, arā ko Meremere-tū-ahiahi; ka rere ata ka kīia ko Tāwera. / When it rises in the evening it is said to be Meremere (Venus), that is Meremere-tū-ahiahi; when it rises in the morning it is said to be Tāwera.
See also Meremere
Synonyms: Rangawhenua, Tangaroa, Matawhero, Whiro, Whiringa ki Tawhiti, ao-mārama, ao tūroa, aotūroa, ao mārama, Kōpū, Kōpūnui, Rangipō, taiao, Takero, Tāwera, Pareārau, Meremere, ao
2. (verb) to glide along, float along, move quickly.
E rere rā e te ao uru, tauhōkai ana i runga rā (G 1853:249). / Fly there o western cloud, floating along above.
3. (verb) to rise (of stars, planets, etc.).
4. (modifier) distance.
I hangaia ēnei whakaaturanga mō ngā akoranga tauhōkai reo Māori o te whare wānanga. / These television programmes were made for the university Māori language distance courses.
5. (noun) strut, cross brace.
Nā ngā tauhōkai i taunaki ngā kurupae matua (Ng 1993:459). / The struts supported the main girders.
Matawhero
1. (personal name) Mars - a small reddish planet which is the fourth in order from the sun.
Kōpū
1. (personal name) Venus as a morning star - the second planet from the sun in the solar system and the brightest celestial object after the sun and moon.
Me takoto te ihu o te waka ki te taha katau o te rā, o te marama, o Kōpū rānei (JPS 1913:181). / The bow of the canoe should be directed to the right side of the sun, the moon, or of Venus.
See also Meremere-tū-ahiahi
Synonyms: Rangawhenua, Tangaroa, Matawhero, Whiro, Whiringa ki Tawhiti, ao-mārama, ao tūroa, aotūroa, ao mārama, Kōpūnui, Rangipō, taiao, Takero, Tāwera, Pareārau, Meremere, Meremere-tū-ahiahi, ao
2. (personal noun) fifth month of the Māori lunar calendar, approximately equivalent to October.
Ko te putanga mai o Matariki te tohu mō te marama tuatahi, ko ngā ingoa hoki ēnei o ngā marama katoa: Te Tahi o Pipiri, Te Rua o Takurua,Te Toru Here o Pipiri, Te Whā o Mahuru, Te Rima o Kōpū, Te Ono o Whitiānaunau, Te Whitu o Hakihea, Te Waru o Rehua, Te Iwa o Rūhi-te-rangi, Te Ngahuru o Poutū-te-rangi, Te Ngahuru mā tahi, Te Ngahuru mā rua (TP 1/3/1901:6). / The appearance of Pleiades is the sign for the first month and these are the names of all the months: The first is Pipiri, the second is Takurua, the third is Here o Pipiri, the fourth is Mahuru, the fifth is Kōpū, the sixth is Whiti-ānaunau, the seventh is Hakihea, the eighth is Rehua, the ninth is Rūhi-te-rangi, the tenth is Poutūterangi, the eleventh and twelth months.
Synonyms: Rima o Hiringa-a-nuku, Maramatekau, Oketopa, Whiringa-ā-nuku, Rima o Kōpū, Te, Hiringa-ā-nuku
Takero
1. (personal name) Mercury - a small planet that is closest to the sun in the solar system.
Mai i runga ki raro ko Takero, ko Tāwera – (hei te atatū), ko Meremere-tū-ahiahi rānei (hei te ahiahi), ko Kōpū; kei raro iho ko Te Ao me te Marama, ko Matawhero, ko Pareārau ko Hine-i-tīweka rānei; hei ētahi ko Pareārau anō te ingoa mō te aorangi e kīia ana e te Pākehā ko Saturn (Te Ara 2013). / From top to bottom is Mercury, Venus (at dawn), Venus (in the evening), Earth with the moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, but according to some Pareārau is also the name for the planet called Saturn in English.
Synonyms: Whiro, Apārangi, Rangawhenua, Tangaroa, Matawhero, Whiringa ki Tawhiti, ao-mārama, ao tūroa, aotūroa, ao mārama, Kōpū, Kōpūnui, Rangipō, taiao, Tāwera, Pareārau, Meremere, Meremere-tū-ahiahi, ao
Tāwera
1. (personal noun) Venus as a night or morning star - the second planet from the sun in the solar system. The brightest celestial object after the sun and moon.
Heoi, ka taka he wā, ka whakarērea a Tāwera e Pareārau, ka haere ki te mate tāne haere me whetū kē (Te Ara 2011). / However, in time Venus is abandoned by Jupiter, who goes off to have affairs with other stars.
See also Meremere-tū-ahiahi
Synonyms: Rangawhenua, Tangaroa, Matawhero, Whiro, Whiringa ki Tawhiti, ao-mārama, ao tūroa, aotūroa, ao mārama, Kōpū, Kōpūnui, Rangipō, taiao, Takero, Pareārau, Meremere, Meremere-tū-ahiahi, ao
Pareārau
1. (personal noun) Saturn - the sixth planet from the sun, circled by a system of broad flat rings (Jupiter in some dialects).
Heoi, ka taka he wā, ka whakarērea a Tāwera e Pareārau, ka haere ki te mate tāne haere me whetū kē (Te Ara 2011). / However, in time Venus is abandoned by Jupiter, who goes off to have affairs with other stars.
Synonyms: Hineitīweka, Hine-i-tiweka, Rangawhenua, Kōpūnui, Kōpū
Kōpūnui
1. (personal name) Jupiter - the fifth planet in order from the sun.
Ko Kōpūnui te whetū nui, mā, e whakawhetūrangi nā i a ia; e whakaahua ana i a ia kia rite ki a Tama-nui-te-rā (S 1911:198). / Jupiter, the great white star travelling in the daytime; and in appearance is like the sun.
Synonyms: Rangawhenua, Pareārau, Hineitīweka, Tangaroa, Matawhero, Whiro, Whiringa ki Tawhiti, ao-mārama, ao tūroa, aotūroa, ao mārama, Kōpū, Rangipō, taiao, Takero, Tāwera, Meremere, Meremere-tū-ahiahi, ao
2. (personal noun) Pluto - tenth-largest body observed directly orbiting the sun.
He tawhiti kē noa ake a Whiro i te rā, tēnā i a Kōpū (HJ 2012:143). / Pluto is very much further away from the sun than Venus is.
Synonyms: Whiringa ki Tawhiti
2. (modifier) bright.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 175-180;)
He whetū ao tēnei ka tata mai (W 1971:11). / This was a bright star approaching.
3. (noun) world, globe, global.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 175-180;)
E kīia ana kei ētahi wāhi o te ao ētahi, he hokohoko māti te mahi (TTT 1/11/1929:1919). / It is said that in some parts of the world there are some whose job is selling matches.
Synonyms: Rangawhenua, Tangaroa, Matawhero, Whiro, Whiringa ki Tawhiti, ao-mārama, ao tūroa, aotūroa, ao mārama, Kōpū, Kōpūnui, Rangipō, taiao, Takero, Tāwera, Pareārau, Meremere, Meremere-tū-ahiahi
4. (noun) Earth.
He mea porotaka nui whakahara te Ao nei; ehara i te mea tino porotaka rawa, nō te mea e āhua papatahi ana ngā pito (TWMNT 5/6/1877:143). / The Earth is round, but it's not as if it's exactly round because the poles are somewhat flat.
5. (noun) day, daytime - as opposed to night.
Ka kau te wahine nei i Raukawa, te pō, te ao, te pō, te ao (JPS 1985:148). / This woman swam in Cooks Strait for many nights and days.
6. (noun) cloud.
He ao te rangi ka uhia, he huruhuru te manu ka rere (NP 2001:65). / As clouds cover the sky, so feathers adorn the bird. (A whakatauākī said by Tamaterangi when he considered he didn't have suitable garments to be able to stand and speak.)
ao-mārama
1. (noun) world of life and light, Earth, physical world.
See also ao mārama
Synonyms: ao ahupūngao, ao mārama, Rangawhenua, Tangaroa, Matawhero, Whiro, Whiringa ki Tawhiti, ao tūroa, aotūroa, Kōpū, Kōpūnui, Rangipō, taiao, Takero, Tāwera, Pareārau, Meremere, Meremere-tū-ahiahi, ao
ao tūroa
1. (noun) light of day, world, Earth, nature, enduring world, natural world.
Moriānuku: He puke kei Te Rerenga Wairua. Hei reira ngā wairua poroparoaki mai ai ki te ao tūroa (M 2004:204). / Moriānuku: A hill at Te Rerenga Wairua (The Leaping Place of Spirits). There the spirits bid farewell to the natural world.
Synonyms: aotūroa, taiao, āhua, Rangawhenua, Tangaroa, Matawhero, Whiro, Whiringa ki Tawhiti, ao-mārama, ao mārama, Kōpū, Kōpūnui, Rangipō, Takero, Tāwera, Pareārau, Meremere, Meremere-tū-ahiahi, ao
aotūroa
1. (noun) light of day, world, Earth, nature, this world.
Ka ngaro hoki rā i te aotūroa e-i, tēnei ka unuhia taku māhuri tōtara e-i, taku piki kōtuku nō runga i Tuhirangi e-i, haere rā e te tau e-i! (TPH 15/11/1901:8). / You are gone from this world, my tōtara sapling is taken, my plume of white heron feathers from on Tuhirangi, farewell my love!
Synonyms: ao tūroa, taiao, āhua, Rangawhenua, Tangaroa, Matawhero, Whiro, Whiringa ki Tawhiti, ao-mārama, ao mārama, Kōpū, Kōpūnui, Rangipō, Takero, Tāwera, Pareārau, Meremere, Meremere-tū-ahiahi, ao
ao mārama
1. (noun) world of life and light, Earth, physical world.
"Me aha tātau, e whakatipu uri ai tātau ki te ao mārama nei?” Ka mea tētahi, “Me kimi te uha hei tango i tō tātau āhua, hei whakatipu uri ki te ao mārama nei." (M 206:198). / "What must we do to propagate progeny in this world of light and life?" One said, "We must search for the female to take our likeness, and to propagate progeny in this world of light and life."
Synonyms: ao ahupūngao, ao-mārama, Rangawhenua, Tangaroa, Matawhero, Whiro, Whiringa ki Tawhiti, ao tūroa, aotūroa, Kōpū, Kōpūnui, Rangipō, taiao, Takero, Tāwera, Pareārau, Meremere, Meremere-tū-ahiahi, ao