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单词 kilikiti
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Definition of kilikiti in English:

kilikiti

nounˈkɪlɪkɪti
mass noun
  • An informal version of cricket which originated in Samoa, with no fixed number of players.

    all day they played kilikiti with sticks from the trees as wickets
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But the accident didn't hamper his love for sport as played as goal-keeper for the school's first XI football side, besides stints with rugby, softball and Kilikiti.
    • Kilikiti, a form of cricket played on the islands of Polynesia, is one of the strangest sporting legacies of the British Empire.
    • Kilikiti - the word is a Polynesian corruption of "cricket" - features teams of up to 50, including women.
    • This Red Riding Hood is from West Mumuland and her journey south is full of surprises - singing chickens, talking trees, a kilikiti team, hip hop dancers and of course the Big Bad Wolf!
    • The destination is known for its rugby and the national sport of kilikiti, the Samoan version of cricket which involves singing and dancing and is a social event played by all members of the family.
    • Playing sports is a big part of living in Samoa, many open fields are almost daily used for a game of rugby, soccer or kilikiti -- the Samoan cricket version.
    • Facilities for Samoa's traditional "kilikiti" sport will be based at Ngati Otara Park.
    • You could see it in the games of kilikiti at the roadside, whole villages passionately absorbed in their peculiar form of cricket played with a three-sided bat and a ball made from leaves.
    • Tokelau's young people used to swim and surf in their spare time, or played a Tokelauan version of cricket called Kilikiti.
    • "Young people do not want to play kilikiti any more," he said, as he prepared to occupy the crease.

Origin

Samoan.

 
 
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