tiki
nounA male figure in Polynesian myth, sometimes identified as the first man.
nounA wooden or stone image of a Polynesian god.
nounA Maori figurine representing an ancestor, often intricately carved from greenstone and worn about the neck as a talisman.
adjectiveOf or relating to a decorative style characterized by bamboo, palm fronds, tiki figures, and other popular representations of Polynesian culture.
nounA Polynesian deity, generally regarded as the creator of man.
noun[lowercase] A carved image or representation of the god Tiki, especially one of the large carved wooden pillars set up at the tombs of chiefs and infltiential men.
nounCarved