Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index In Polynesian mythology, Pili is the gecko-god, and was considered an ancestor of many Polynesian peoples. He is the special totem of the people of New Caledonia. Pili in Hawaiian means "to bind" and is the name of a native grass (Heteropogon contortus) used to thatch structures. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.