heitiki

British

/ heɪˈtiːkiː /

noun

a Māori neck ornament of greenstone

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Etymology

Origin of heitiki

C19: from Māori, from hei to hang + _tiki

Example Sentences

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He took from its perch the palladium of the tribe, an heitiki ponamu, or greenstone image, and, summoning around him the remnant of his men, together with some of the women, they fled from the western side of the pa, hotly pursued by the victors.

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