ʻōniʻoniʻo

== Hawaiian == === Etymology === Reduplication of ʻōniʻo from ʻō- +‎ niʻo deriving ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *niko (“to go in circles” — compare with Māori niko “to bend” thus Māori tāniko “striped border in weavings etc”, tānikoniko “ornamented” and whakaniko “to ornament esp. tattoo with curves”; Samoan niʻo “to twirl”), see there for more details. === Verb === ʻōniʻoniʻo (stative) to be striped