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means In Polynesian tradition a tiki is a carved humanoid figure representing an ancestor or god, though in modern pop culture the word mostly means 'carved wooden mug or statue that looks vaguely Hawaiian and holds a cocktail.'

from From Māori and other Polynesian languages, where Tiki is the name of the first man in some creation legends, and tiki figures are carved from wood or stone to represent ancestral spirits — sacred objects. The word crossed into English through Pacific contact and colonial-era accounts, but its real American boom came in the mid-20th century, when restaurateurs borrowed the look (minus the meaning) to build a fantasy of island escape — bamboo, torches, rum drinks — launching 'tiki culture' as a kitschy genre largely detached from its Polynesian origins.