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Ariki
An ariki ( New Zealand, Cook Islands), ‘ariki ( Easter Island), aliki ( Tokelau, Tuvalu), ali‘i ( Samoa, Hawai‘i), ari'i ( Society Islands, Tahiti), aiki or hakaiki ( Marquesas Islands), akariki ( Gambier Islands) or ‘eiki ( Tonga) is or was a member of a hereditary chiefly or noble rank in Polynesia.
Usage examples of "ariki".
They saw three horsemen galloping toward them, waving and shouting, "Ariki!
In this "Ware-Atoua," sacred house, the priests or arikis taught the Maories about a Triune God, father, son, and bird, or spirit.
CHAPTER XI THE CHIEF'S FUNERAL KAI-KOUMOU, as frequently happens among the Maories, joined the title of ariki to that of tribal chief.