ariki
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ariki
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of ariki
From Maori
Example Sentences
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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 Jules Verne
For the ariki is thoroughly aware of the gradual extinction which is coming for his race.
From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by William Delisle Hay
The word ariki signifies properly the first-born or heir, whether male or female, of a family.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Sir James George Frazer
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 Rolf Boldrewood
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 William Delisle Hay
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