hwarwa

noun. violent wind

A word for “violent wind” in notes from the late 1950s with variants hwá and hwarwa, based on a strengthened form of the root √WĀ “blow”: ✶swa-swa (NM/237). I think the longer form hwarwa is preferable.

Derivations

• √SWĀ “echoic representation of sound of wind” ✧ NM/237
• ✶swa-swa “*violent wind” ✧ NM/237

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√swā > hwá	[swā] > [w̥ā]	✧ NM/237
✶swa-swa > hwarwa	[swaswa] > [w̥aswa] > [w̥azwa] > [w̥arwa]	✧ NM/237

Variations

• hwá ✧ NM/237

hwá

noun. violent wind