TIKI


Meaning of TIKI in English

/tee"kee/ , n.

1. ( cap. ) (in Polynesian mythology) the first man on earth.

2. (in Polynesian cultures) a carved image, as of a god or ancestor, sometimes worn as a pendant around the neck.

[ 1875-80; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .