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pilikia

pilikia noun: trouble; difficulty.

Noun

pilikia (uncountable)

  1. (Hawaii) Trouble; difficulty.
    • […] here is another immense siphon and another series of long tunnels. Then a few more miles where no great pilikia comes and ahead we catch a glimpse of a black scar in the landscape, stretching from the low hanging clouds far up at the 4,000 foot level, straight to the sea.1900, All about Hawaii, page 158

Origin of pilikia

Hawaiian pilikia

Questions about pilikia

What does pilikia mean?
Pilikia means trouble; difficulty.
What part of speech is pilikia?
Pilikia is a noun.

Words near pilikia in the dictionary

  1. pilifer
  2. piliferous
  3. pilifers
  4. piliform
  5. piligerous
  6. pilikia
  7. Pililla
  8. pilimiction
  9. pilin
  10. piling
  11. piling in

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