vaccination - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

rongoā āraimate

1. (noun) vaccine, vaccination.

Te awhikiri horihori: Ko te awhikiri ka hua mai i tētahi mahi, pērā i te tuku rongoā āraimate (RP 2015:181). / Artificial immunity: The immunity that results from an occupation, such as administering vaccinations.

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tuku rongoā āraimate

1. (verb) to vaccinate, administer vaccinations.

Te awhikiri horihori: Ko te awhikiri ka hua mai i tētahi mahi, pērā i te tuku rongoā āraimate (RP 2015:181). / Artificial immunity: The immunity that results from an occupation, such as administering vaccinations.

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okaoka

1. (verb) (-ina,-ngia,-tia) to stab repeatedly, split open, split off, vaccinate.

Ki te pāngia e te mate kia tere te te hari ki te tākuta, hāunga te tohunga, i mua atu o te pānga ki te mate me okaoka ngā pakihiwi (TPH 31/7/1902:1). / If the disease strikes take the patient quickly to the doctor, not the tohunga, and before the disease strikes vaccinate on the shoulder.

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2. (verb) to prick repeatedly, vaccinate (a number of people).

Kua tae atu hoki te kupu a te Kāwanatanga ki ngā tākuta Pākehā katoa e noho ana ki ngā kāinga Māori kia tahuri ki te okaoka i ngā tāngata - me oka noa, kāore he utu (TWMNT 17/7/1872:92). / The Government's decree to all Pākehā doctors living in Māori villages is to set about vaccinating the people - vaccinations should be free of charge.

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oka

1. (verb) (-ina) to stab, pierce, stick, cut.

I taua wā ka maunu i a Tamehana tōna oka ka okaina tōna taina, a Te Hamana (TP 6/1912:11). / At that moment Tamehana took out his knife and stabbed his younger brother, Te Hāmana.

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Synonyms: titi, tioka, paoka, wero, poka, tīokaoka

2. (verb) (-ina) to prick, vaccinate.

Kia tere te tangata te haere ki te tākuta kia okaina ia kei hopukia ia e tēnei mate kino (TWMNT 17/7/1872:92). / A person should go urgently to the doctor to be vaccinated lest she/he contacts this terrible disease.

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Synonyms: kātara, timotimo, timo