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ti⋅ki

  [tee-kee]
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–noun
1. (initial capital letter) (in Polynesian mythology) the first man on earth.
2. (in Polynesian cultures) a carved image, as of a god or ancestor, sometimes worn as a pendant around the neck.
Origin:
1875–80; < Maori and Marquesan
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ti·ki   (tē'kē)   
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.]
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Word Origin & History

Tiki 
"large wooden image of the creator-ancestor of Maoris and Polynesians," 1777, from Eastern Polynesian tiki "image." Tiki torch is first recorded 1973.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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