tiki

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Tag. and Bisayan tiki-tiki an alcoholic beverage Turk. tiksirmak ` to sneeze '

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  1. noun Mythology A male figure in Polynesian myth, sometimes identified as the first man.
  2. noun A wooden or stone image of a Polynesian god.
  3. noun A Maori figurine representing an ancestor, often intricately carved from greenstone and worn about the neck as a talisman.

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  • Tag. and Bisayan tiki-tiki an alcoholic beverage Turk. tiksirmak ` to sneeze ' —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 2
  • A smiler -- tiki table torch light made his too-bright dentures gleam. —  Hollywood Nocturne
  • "Your fuddy foe has tagged the tiki,” says the dolphin with utterly grave hilarity. —  Asimov'sSF,January2008
  • I'm flying down to the fourth floor Some Polynesia tiki-tiki or crime jazz." —  Glamorama
  • Maori and Marquesan tiki ` idol ' —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 2
 

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