Inherited fromProto-Polynesian*uaua, also reanalyzable asreduplication ofio.Doublet ofuaua andiaia altogether fromua, see there for more details.
ioio
- blood vessels,veins
- Synonyms:ua,uaua
- sinews;tendons
- Synonyms:ua,uaua
ioio
- stiff (of legs, muscles after activity)
- notfriable
- obstinate
Reduplication ofio “strip”.
ioio
- toshred
- Williams, Herbert William (1917), “ioio”, inA Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages90-1
- “ioio” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011,→ISBN.