āsiosio

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *aa-hiohio (compare with Māori āwhiowhio “whirlwind; to go round in circles” and Tongan ʻahiohio as well as Hawaiian puahiohio, Tahitian puahiohio and Rarotongan puaʻioʻio) from Proto-Oceanic *siosio “whirlwind”.[1]

Noun

āsiosio

  1. whirlwind, tornado

References

  1. ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (2008), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 87-8
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