ariki
noun
ariki is a noun meaning “A person having a hereditary chiefly or noble rank in Polynesia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-R-I-K-I, and it appears about once in every 27 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of ariki is arikis.
What does ariki mean?
noun
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A person having a hereditary chiefly or noble rank in Polynesia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of ariki
- arikis plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ariki?
Ariki appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does ariki come from?
Borrowed from Māori ariki, Proto-Polynesian *qariki.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).