piropiro

Maori

Etymology 1

Reduplication of piro, monophthongized from pirau (“to rot”).

Adjective

piropiro

1. putrid, stinking

Noun

piropiro

1. bowels, intestines

Etymology 2

Reduplication of piro “extinguished, put out”

Adjective

piropiro

1. calm, still (of water)

   Synonyms: roki, marino, āio

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “piropiro”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 330
• “piropiro” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.