Hineitīweka
1. (personal noun) Jupiter - also written as Hine-i-tīweka and Hine-tīweka. The fifth planet in order from the sun and the largest in the solar system.
He wahine a Pareārau. Kīia ai tēnei whetū he whetū mate tāne, inarā tērā o ōna ingoa, a Hineitīweka. Ki tā te Māori, ko Pareārau te wahine a Tāwera (Te Ara 2015). / Jupiter (Pareārau) is a female entity. She is said to be a star that lusted after men, hence her other name of Hineitīweka (promiscuous Hine). According to Māori, Jupiter is the wife of Venus.
See also Pareārau
Synonyms: Rangawhenua, Kōpūnui, Pareārau
Hine-i-tiweka
1. (noun) the star Jupiter.
See also Hineitīweka
Synonyms: Pareārau
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
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
