Matawhero
1. (personal name) Mars - a small reddish planet which is the fourth in order from the sun.
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
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
