kōmiro
1. (verb) to whirl, spiral (as a current).
He tōrino te āhua o te anga o te kākara, he anga manauri, he mā a roto, he awaawa whāiti e kōmiro ana i te anga, he waha nui tonu. / The shell shape of the dark rock shell is spiral, a dark shell that is white inside having narrow grooves spiralling around the shell and it has a quite wide mouth opening.
2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to twist.
3. (modifier) whirling, spiralling, twisting.
Wairoa hōpūpū, hōnengenenge.' E kōrero ana te whakataukī nei mō te hūkeri o te awa o Wairoa, ōna ia kōmiro, me te rite o ngā tāngata o konei ki tō rātou awa (Te Ara 2015). / 'Wairoa, full of lumps, unevenness and spite.' This saying refers to the turbulence of the Wairoa River, its whirling currents and how the people here are like their river.
