āwhio

Māori

Etymology

Reanalysis of āwhiowhio “whirlwind; circuitous, to around in circles”.

Verb

āwhio (passive āwhiotia)

  1. (intransitive) to go in circles or in a roundabout way, to snake
  2. to swirl

Adjective

āwhio

  1. circuitous, roundabout

Adverb

āwhio

  1. around, round

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917), “āwhio”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 30
  • “āwhio” 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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