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prettygoodwordpilikia (pee-lee-KEE-ah) - n., trouble.
Dictionaries say it's a Hawaiian word, but not when it was borrowed -- or, indeed, whether it has escaped the islands into general usage. Sometimes also spelled pili'kia, and often appears in the phrase 'a'ole pilikia, no trouble.
---L.
Dictionaries say it's a Hawaiian word, but not when it was borrowed -- or, indeed, whether it has escaped the islands into general usage. Sometimes also spelled pili'kia, and often appears in the phrase 'a'ole pilikia, no trouble.
---L.
