Brain - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

wairoro

1. (noun) brain.

matawai roro

1. (noun) brain scanner.

ka kore anō (rā) (hoki) he ...

1. has no ears, has no tongue, has no brains - an idiom to suggest that someone doesn't use their ears, tongue, brains, etc.

Ka kore anō hoki he taringa o ērā tamariki (HKK 1999:67). / Those children have no ears.

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pūroro

1. (noun) brain stem.

Ko te pūroro: Koia te wāhi whakahaere i ngā mahi matua o te tinana, pērā i te hēhē, te kakapa manawa, me te pēhanga toto (RP 2009:374). / The brain stem: This is the place operating the main functions of the body, such as breathing, the heartbeat and blood pressure.

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karukaru

1. (noun) blood.

Nā, ka mea kia tukua ngā aho o ngā tukana, ka motokia tōna ihu e Māui; taratīa ana te toto. Ka rere, ka taratī te karukaru, ka pōtaea ki runga ki tōna maka hei mounu (Tr 1874:39). / Now, when his older brothers let out their lines, Māui punched his nose and blood spurted out. The blood flowed, spurting out and he smeared it on his fish-hook as bait.

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2. (noun) spongy matter, brains.

pīnati

1. (loan) (noun) peanut.

Ka mea a ia, “He tino ātaahua ngā whatu o Marino – pēnei tonu i te pīnati nei.” (TWK 17:16). / She said, “Marino’s eyes are very beautiful – just like peanuts.”

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2. (loan) (noun) brain, mind - a colloquial figurative use.

Ki te āta whakaarohia e koe, e te tangata koi te pīnati, he aha i kore ai i rite ki te tamariki, ki te mokopuna? (Kāretu 2015). / If you, as someone with a sharp mind, think carefully about it, why is it not like children and grandchildren.

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Synonyms: ngākau, whatumanawa, hinengaro, hirikapo, ihomatua

mate roro

1. (noun) brain damage.

pōātinitini

1. (verb) to be giddy, dizzy, faint, light-headed, brain-weary.

E kī, kei te pōātinitini tonu ō tātou māhunga i tā Rātana mahi! (TTT 1/11/1929:1912). / You don't say, our heads are brain-weary from Rātana's activities!

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2. (noun) giddiness, dizziness, faintness, light-headedness.

Me totoka haere ā tōna tata nei, kia kore ai e tau mai te pōāritarita, te pōātinitini (HM 1/1995:10). / In the near future it must be confirmed so that haste and confusion do not transpire.

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roro

1. (noun) brain, marrow, spongy matter.

Nō reira tētahi o ngā tāngata nei, te mea e haere ana i runga paihikara, e tuohu ana, e kaha ana te panapana o tōna manawa, me te kaha o tana haere ka kaha atu hoki te rere o ngā toto ki roto i te roro o tōna māhuna (TP 2/1905:3). / One of the men from that place was riding a bicycle, bent over with his heart pounding and because he was cycling so energetically the flow of blood in the brain of his head was also pumping hard.

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2. (noun) front end of a meeting house, verandah, porch, lobby.

Nō te hāwhe pāhi i te tahi o ngā hāora ka kawangia te whare, i tū katoa te iwi ki te roro o te whare (TPH 5/1/1903:5). / At half past one the house opening ceremony was performed and the people all stood in the verandah of the house.

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Synonyms: tupehau, mahau, kōihi, whakamahau, haurangi, kopa pākai, hōpua