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Body Parts Vocabulary in Maori
➡ In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary related to "Body and Medicine" in the Māori language, spoken in New Zealand.
Happy learning!
tinana - body - le corps
Māori | English |
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kiri | skin |
makawe | hair |
papa angaanga | skull |
roro | brain |
upoko | head |
rae | forehead |
mata, kanohi | face |
mata, kanohi, karu | eye(s) |
roimata | tears |
taringa | ear |
ihu | nose |
pāhau | mustache
beard |
pāpāringa | cheeks |
ngutu | lips |
waha | mouth |
arero | tongue |
niho | tooth |
kauae | chin |
kakī
korokoro |
neck
throat |
uma, (poho) | chest
breast |
manawa, ngākau | heart |
toto | blood |
pukapuka | lung |
pito | navel |
puku | belly
stomach |
whēkau | intestines |
ate | liver |
tākihi | kidneys |
io | muscle(s) |
kōhiwi | skeleton |
wheua | bone(s) |
tuarā | back |
rara | rib |
pakihiwi | shoulder |
ringa, ringaringa | arm
hand |
whatīanga | elbow |
whatiānga ringa | wrist |
meke | fist |
toka | thumb |
matikara | finger |
maikuku | fingernail, nail |
tānetanga | male sex |
wahinetanga | female sex |
tou | anus |
kumu | buttocks |
koihanga | thighs |
waewae | leg
foot |
pona, turi | knee |
raparapa | ankle |
rekereke | heel |
matimati | toe |
medicine
Māori | English |
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waka tūroro | ambulance |
hōhipera [UK] | hospital |
nēhi [UK] | nurse |
rata,
tākuta [UK] |
physician,
medical doctor |
tākuta niho | dentist |
whakaranu | drugstore, pharmacy |
rongoā | medication,
medicinal plants |
mirimiri | massage |
pūkoro ure | condom |
mate parekore | AIDS |
mate pukupuku | cancer |
ānini | headache |
kāpō | blind |
mate, māuiui | ill, sick |
mate, tahumaero | disease |
mate huka | diabetes |
rewharewha | flu (influenza) |
whara | wounded |