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piropiro

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Maori

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Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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piropiro

  1. putrid, stinking

Noun

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piropiro

  1. bowels, intestines

Etymology 2

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Reduplication of piro “extinguished, put out”

Adjective

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piropiro

  1. calm, still (of water)
    Synonyms: roki, marino, āio

Further reading

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  • 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.
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