moko — Hand Poke *Tā* is to strike; *moko* is the design itself. The verb in the name is the mallet, not the point. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/moko/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 49K
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
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
batok — Hand Poke From Proto-Austronesian *beCik, tattoo, with relatives *patik, mottled, and *burik, speckled — the word for a pattern, applied to skin, cloth and pot alike. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/batok-word/ · 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
Buscalan — Hand Poke The village in the Kalinga highlands where batok is still tapped, and where the visitors go. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/place/buscalan/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
htoe kwin — Hand Poke *Htoe* is to prick or pierce; *kwin* is a ring or an enclosure. The name describes the framed rings the figures sit in. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/htoe-kwin-word/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
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
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 aubergine flower — Hand Poke *Bungai terung*, worn on each shoulder when a young Iban man leaves home on his journey. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/motif/bungai-terung/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
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