Definitions for ariki

ariki a·ri·ki

Spelling: [ah-ree-kee]
IPA: /ɑˈri ki/

Ariki is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in ariki (aiikr).

Definitions for ariki

noun

  1. (in Polynesia) a chief or king.

Origin of ariki

From Maori

Examples for ariki

Next day the fern of his child is eaten by the ariki (head chief).

These communities collectively acknowledged the superior prestige of an ariki, or hereditary high chief.

This misdemeanour was, in Maori eyes, fatal to his prestige as an ariki and a war-leader.

For the ariki is thoroughly aware of the gradual extinction which is coming for his race.

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