kakiniq — Hand Poke From the Proto-Inuit-Yupik root *kaki-, to pierce or prick — the same root across Iñupiaq, Inuktitut, West Greenlandic and Tunumiit. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/kakiniq/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Cats and monkeys — Hand Poke The two commonest figures on a Burmese thigh, named in the same breath as tigers and elephants. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/motif/cat-monkey/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
sak — Hand Poke To prick. The Khmer root *cɔkʔ* means the same, and the Khmer dictionary keeps it native rather than borrowed. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/sak/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
The face grids — Hand Poke Lines, dots, and combinations of both, arranged differently by each Chin group. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/motif/chin-grid/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Khan tang — Hand Poke The fee, set by the master, presented in a bowl: flowers, candles, incense, cloth, coins, and whatever else that master's line asks for. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/rite/khan-tang/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
tatau — Hand Poke The Polynesian word English borrowed. Cook's crew wrote it down in 1769 and it displaced every English word for the practice. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/tatau-word/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Rabali — Hand Poke The Fijian tattooist recorded as still working between 1908 and 1910, when she was the only one left. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/person/rabali/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
The centipede — Hand Poke The centipede, one of the standing Cordilleran figures, alongside snakes, eagles, ferns, rice grains and mountains. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/motif/gayaman/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
The Veiqia Project — Hand Poke The collective of Fijian women artists who researched veiqia in collections and archives and brought the practice back. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/org/veiqia-project/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Needle and sinew — Hand Poke The same needle that sewed the clothing, threaded with sinew blackened in soot and drawn under the skin. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tool/needle-and-sinew/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
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