2. (verb) to sway, wave, move to and fro.
Ka oho ake i te moe i te ata, ka puta ki waho ka titiro atu ki tana māra putiputi, kua whakangaro te oneone, kua takoto mai ki mua o te kanohi he moana putiputi, e pioi ana, e tungou ana i te hau, e whakaatu ana i te ātaahuatanga o ngā ata maha o ōna puāwai (TPH 29/11/1902:2). / He wakes in the morning, emerges outside and looks at his flower garden, where the soil is unseen and lying before his face is a sea of flowers swaying and nodding in the wind, displaying the beauty of the many shapes of his blooms.
Synonyms: koiri, kaurori, ngarue, ngāruerue, piupiu, takaoreore, kōpiupiu
3. (noun) song sung while brandishing heads or scalps.
Ko taua upoko i tōna ringa, ko Karika. Ka whakahua i tana pioi (NM 1928:88). / The head in his hand was Karika. Then he performed his head brandishing song sung.
