mate marama
1. (noun) menstrual cycle, menstruation, period - the process of ovulation in female primates which is the discharging of blood from the uterus in sexually mature non-pregnant women at intervals of about one lunar month.
Ko te mate marama ngā āhuatanga ā-marama i te tinana o te wahine i tana ekenga ki te pūhuruhurutanga, ā, tae noa atu ki te ruahinetanga (RP 2009:282). / The menstrual cycle is the monthly changes which take place in a woman's body from puberty through to menopause.
Synonyms: mate wahine, awa o te atua, takiwā, waiwhero, tahe
