āwhiowhio
1. (noun) whirlwind, tornado, whirlpool.
Tekau mā waru tāngata i mate i te āwhiowhio, pakaru katoa ngā whare. E maharatia ana tērā e tae ki te hāwhe miriona pāuna te utu mō ngā mea katoa i pakaru i te āwhiowhio (HTK 22/4/1893:2). / Eighteen people died in the tornado and houses were totally smashed. It is thought that the cost of everything destroyed by the tornado will reach half a million pounds.
poi āwhiowhio
1. (noun) whistling gourd - a small gourd with holes which is attached to a string and twirled to create a sound like that of birds. Sometimes as poiāwhiowhio.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 163, 170;)
I roto o ētahi iwi he mea whakamahi ngā hue pakupaku hai poi āwhiowhio (TWK 41:9). / In some tribes small gourds were made into whistling gourds.
