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.
