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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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
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
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 Léon Benett
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
The ariki of the Ngatewhatua lives at Tanoa.
From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by William Delisle Hay
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