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| ti·ki [ tkee ] (plural ti·kis) |
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1. Maori amulet: a small carved human fetal figure, especially in greenstone, representing an ancestor and worn as an amulet by some Maori and Polynesian peoples
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2. image of Polynesian god: a stone or wooden representation of a Polynesian god
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| [Late 18th century. < Maori, "image"] |
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