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kilikiti

kilikiti noun: a variant of cricket, originating in Samoa and now played throughout Polynesia, with three-sided wooden bats and teams of no fixed size.

Noun

kilikiti (uncountable)

  1. A variant of cricket, originating in Samoa and now played throughout Polynesia, with three-sided wooden bats and teams of no fixed size.

Forms of kilikiti

alternative formkilikiki
alternative formkirikiti

Origin of kilikiti

Reborrowing, originally from English cricket.

Questions about kilikiti

What does kilikiti mean?
Kilikiti means a variant of cricket, originating in Samoa and now played throughout Polynesia, with three-sided wooden bats and teams of no fixed size.
What part of speech is kilikiti?
Kilikiti is a noun.

Words near kilikiti in the dictionary

  1. Kilikili
  2. Kilikili East
  3. kilikili power
  4. Kilikili West
  5. kilikinick
  6. kilikiti
  7. kilil
  8. kilim
  9. Kilimanjaro
  10. Kilimanjaro mahogany
  11. kilims

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