āsiosio

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian#ĀSIOSIOCategory:Samoan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#ĀSIOSIO *a-hiohio, from Proto-OceanicCategory:Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic#ĀSIOSIOCategory:Samoan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic#ĀSIOSIO *siosio (“whirlwind”). Cognates include Māori āwhiowhio (“whirlwind, to go round in circles”), Tongan ʻahiohio, Hawaiian puahiohio, Tahitian puahiohio and Rarotongan puaʻioʻio.[1]

Noun

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  1. whirlwind, tornado

References

  1. ↑ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (2008), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎, volume 3: Plants, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 87–8
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