pīoioi
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to shake, brandish, wave, sway.
Kātahi mātou ka mōhio he rū. E tū ana he kōhua i te ahi, e pīoioi ana, me ngā kete e tare ana, i runga i te whare, oraora katoa ngā kete me te kōhua, wehi ana mātou katoa (TKM.MM 1/2/1855:30). / Then we knew it was an earthquake. A pot was standing on the fire and it, along with the kits hanging on the house were swaying. The kits and the pot were fine but we were quite scared.
Synonyms: ngatari, rū, rure, rurerure, ue, ueue, aroarowhaki, kōrurerure, ngarue, ngāruerue, ngateri, ngāueue, wiriwiri, wiri, whakahīoi, whakaoioi, whakawiri, whīoioi, ore, māueue, māwewe, kereū, rui, tāwiri, pioi, haurui, oreore, whakangāueue, whakapoi, rūrū, tīoioi, hīoioi, ngaeke, ngāoraora, ngatē, whakangāteriteri, ngaue, oraora, pīoraora, whakaruerue, tīoi
