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rikiriki

Bingham

ríkiriki

adv. an adverbial intensive suffix.

Sabatier

rikiriki

suf. to several words.
sup. superlative of riki.
ex. maotorikiriki: smashed in pieces.
n. quest for more,... better, artistic love of the perfect.
v. to seek perfection, to perfect, to be finical.

Rikiriki

n. Nei Rikiriki: myth. pers. who initiated men in arts and crafts and supervised them.

Topics: Spirits, myth and belief