tiki

 

Borrowed from Maori tiki (“figurine”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːkiː/, /ˈtɪki/
• Rhymes: -iːki, -ɪki

tiki (plural tikis)

1. Carved talisman in humanoid form, common to the cultures of the Pacific Ocean.

•   tiki on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

tiki

1. house lizard

• Hyphenation: ti‧ki

tiki

1. the common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)
2. (by extension) a gecko; any lizard of the family Gekkonidae

tiki

1. (transitive) to poke, to press
2. to put a dot on

From tiko +‎ -i.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtiki]
• Rhymes: -iki
• Hyphenation: ti‧ki

tiki (present tikas, past tikis, future tikos, conditional tikus, volitive tiku)

1. to tic

• IPA^(key): /tikˈkiʔ/, /tikˈkɛʔ/

tiki

1. common house gecko

From Proto-Polynesian *tiki (compare with Tahitian tiʻi and Hawaiian kiʻi).^[1][2]

tiki

1. figurine, carved figure

• → English: tiki
  • ⇒ tiki bar
  • ⇒ tiki culture
  • ⇒ tiki restaurant
  • ⇒ tiki resort
  • ⇒ tiki torch

tiki

1. to fetch, to get

tiki

1. to fail

• “tiki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

tiki f

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of tik

From Dutch een tikje.

tiki

1. few
2. a bit

From English stick.

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.ki/

tiki

1. stick, rod

 

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tiki

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Borrowed from English tick.

tiki (n class, plural tiki)

1. tick mark, check mark (✓)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

tiki

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) completely (in the context of tiredness)

Borrowed from English tickey.

tíki class 1a (plural bótíki class 2a)

1. tickey

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• IPA^(key): [ˈti.ki]

tiki

1. (transitive) to cane someone

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

tiki

1. to see