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S Sneakytiki Tiki Socialite Boise, Idaho Joined: Mar 31, 2003 Posts: 1795	S Sneakytiki Posted posted on Wed, Jul 19, 2006 12:52 AM "The word 'Tiki' seems to have come from other than Polynesian origins and I have seen a couple of speculations, but I suspect that since Thor H. had used it in the name for his boat the 'Kon Tiki' that it just stuck." Rattiki, "tiki" IS a word of Polynesian origins and is used among the Marquesans and New Zealanders among others, Hawaii is a more recently settled island and though Hawaiians speak a Polynesian tongue related to the others, they lost the "t" consonant, often replacing it with a "k" sound, thus Tapa in Fiji and Polynesia became "kapa" in Hawaii and Tiki became "ki'i", which is close to kiki, which is what you'd expect it to be with the k replaces t rule, whew! Hope that clears up some thing for somebody, even if that something is only that I am a nerd! Aloha Sneakytiki [ Edited by: Sneakytiki 2006-07-19 00:56 ]

"The word 'Tiki' seems to have come from other than Polynesian origins and I have seen a couple of speculations, but I suspect that since Thor H. had used it in the name for his boat the 'Kon Tiki' that it just stuck."

Rattiki, "tiki" IS a word of Polynesian origins and is used among the Marquesans and New Zealanders among others, Hawaii is a more recently settled island and though Hawaiians speak a Polynesian tongue related to the others, they lost the "t" consonant, often replacing it with a "k" sound, thus Tapa in Fiji and Polynesia became "kapa" in Hawaii and Tiki became "ki'i", which is close to kiki, which is what you'd expect it to be with the k replaces t rule, whew! Hope that clears up some thing for somebody, even if that something is only that I am a nerd!

Aloha
Sneakytiki

[ Edited by: Sneakytiki 2006-07-19 00:56 ]

Post #243787 by Sneakytiki on Wed, Jul 19, 2006 12:52 AM

"The word 'Tiki' seems to have come from other than Polynesian origins and I have seen a couple of speculations, but I suspect that since Thor H. had used it in the name for his boat the 'Kon Tiki' that it just stuck."