ariki
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ariki
From Maori
Example Sentences
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Chance had led the slayer of Tuwhare to put his head into the self-same tree where the dead ariki had, a short time previously, disposed the tiki.
From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by Hay, William Delisle
However, next day, this chief sent baskets of bananas and a roast pig, saying that it was a present from the "ariki" of the island to the "ariki" of the ship.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon
KAI-KOUMOU, as frequently happens among the Maories, joined the title of ariki to that of tribal chief.
From In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant by Verne, Jules
Presently the tall figure of Karta attracted the notice of some of the people on the other side, and Lālia said the "ariki vaka" was coming over to us in one of the traders' whaleboats.
From A Modern Buccaneer by Boldrewood, Rolf
These were the ariki, or king; the mataiapo, or governors of districts; the rangatira, or landowners; and the unga, or tenants.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir
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