mātauranga

Māori

Etymology

From mātau (“to know”) +‎ -ranga.

Noun

mātauranga

  1. knowledge, wisdom
    mātauranga Māori ― Maori knowledge
  2. (in compounds) study of
  3. education
  4. sage, scholar

Derived terms

  • mātauranga hapori (“sociology”)
  • mātauranga huaota (“botany”)
  • mātauranga kararehe (“zoology”)
  • mātauranga koiora (“biology”)
  • mātauranga matū (“chemistry”)
  • mātauranga ōhanga (“economics”)
  • mātauranga pūtaiao (“science”)
  • mātauranga toi (“art education”)
  • mātauranga tōrangapū (“political science”)
  • mātauranga wetereo (“linguistics”)
  • mātauranga whakahua (“phonetics”)
  • tohu mātauranga (“university degree”)

Further reading

  • “mātauranga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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