whānau a Tamanuiterā
Māori
Etymology
Literally, “extended family of Sun”.
Proper noun
te whānau a Tamanuiterā
- (astronomy) the Solar System (the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it)
See also
| Solar System in Māori · whānau a Tamanuiterā (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star | Rā | |||||||||||||||||
| IAU planets and notable dwarf planets |
Takero | Kōpū | Papatūānuku | Matawhero | Kōpūnui | Pareārau | Whērangi | Tangaroa | Whiro | |||||||||
| Notable moons |
— | — | Marama | — | Karon | |||||||||||||
References
- “whānau a Tamanuiterā” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.