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ti·ki  (tk)
n. pl. ti·kis
1. Tiki Mythology A male figure in Polynesian myth, sometimes identified as the first man.
2. A wooden or stone image of a Polynesian god.
3. A Maori figurine representing an ancestor, often intricately carved from greenstone and worn about the neck as a talisman.
[Maori.]
tiki [ˈtiːkɪ]
n
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) an amulet or figurine in the form of a carved representation of an ancestor, worn in some Maori cultures
vb
(intr) NZ to take a scenic tour around an area
[from Maori]


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And, without telling you the scrape I got into at Taki- Tiki, except that I sailed away with two hundred kinky-heads for Queensland labour, and for my manner of collecting them had two British ships of war combing the Pacific for me, I changed my course and ran to the westward thinking to dispose of the lot to the Spanish plantations on Bangar.
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