Examples of 'ariki' in a sentence

Meaning of "ariki"

ariki is a title or term used in Polynesian cultures to denote a chief, leader, or noble person
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  • A person having a hereditary chiefly or noble rank in Polynesia.

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Stolen vehicles recovery ariki group.
Ariki group in senegal to establish terms of cooperation with national authorities.
Polynesian societies were ruled by an ariki from ancient times.
Ariki was in danger.
The position of ariki was hereditary.
Ariki is the Maori name for chief or leader.
This was the way the ariki found to tell what he had seen.
This girl you are with this highborn Ariki.
The absolutist ruling family of the ariki normally tolerated no dissent whatsoever.
The House of Ariki had been established in acknowledgement of the importance of traditional chiefs.
The process for election to the title of ariki varies across different islands and tribes.
He is currently president of the House of Ariki.
They are invested by the ariki in huge ceremonies that still take place today.
Thank you for coming Ariki Nui.
Stephen and Ariki went up the gondola.

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The village chief is Ngamaru Ariki.
House of Ariki by gender.
I talked to Ariki.
The House of Ariki usually meets at least once every twelve months.
It is held in the collection of Puke Ariki museum in New Plymouth.
The ariki are the " persons of the highest rank and seniority.
House of Ariki.
The high priest Tūhoto Ariki of Tūhourangi interpreted this as a warning.
I need to talk to you about something, Ariki.
Ariki serve a one-year term.
Tuatara feature in a number of indigenous legends, and are held as ariki God forms.
Titles of ariki were traditionally transmitted from father to first-born son, although, there were exceptions.
This document is held within " Puke Ariki.
Legend claims that the island 's leader, the Ariki Henua, was proclaimed at this ceremonial site.
Warrior thinks he 's an ariki.
The legend says that the Ariki ( king ) Hotu Matu'a lived in a beautiful continent called Hiva.
Having a control of tapu ( sacred matters ) was a powerful weapon for the ariki.
Hotu Matu'a, the first ariki of Easter Island.
You would rather help a slave than the son of a chief, an ariki like you?
It starts at Hanga Rau Ariki ( beach more known as Anakena ).
In war, they were next-in-command to the ariki.
Ariki is a racing yacht which was built in Auckland, New Zealand in 1904 by Logan Brothers.
For being here, Ariki Nui.
She returned to the Cook Islands in the mid-1940s to assume her role as ariki.
I demand it, Mehe, as your ariki.
Since its establishment in 1966, four women have been President of the House of Ariki.
Literally it means " little eyes " mata riki or " eyes of god " mata ariki.
He rules the samurais . - Like ariki.
This girl you're with this high-born Ariki.
Will you keep an eye on Stephen? Oh . Ariki.

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