"Ari-Ari" is a word in HILIGAYNON

arí-arí - Stunted, backward in growth, not
growing well, undersized, short in the
straw; to be or become stunted, etc.
Nagarí-arí ang maís, kay walâ maulaní.
The corn was backward, did not grow well,
for lack of rain. (cf. agíl-agíl, ari-kotóy).