Q. hwarwa n. “violent wind” (Category: 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.
References ✧ NM/237
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√swā > hwá | [swā] > [w̥ā] | ✧ NM/237 |
✶swa-swa > hwarwa | [swaswa] > [w̥aswa] > [w̥azwa] > [w̥arwa] | ✧ NM/237 |