Etymology

tiki

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Today it means: A carved talisman in humanoid form, common to the cultures of the Pacific Ocean. Full definition →

Māori tiki
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The story

  1. Māori · borrowed fromtiki“figurine”
  2. English todaytiki

Borrowed from Māori tiki (“figurine”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.