kilikiti
/ˈkɪlɪkɪti
/noun [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...
- Kilikiti - the word is a Polynesian corruption of "cricket" - features teams of up to 50, including women.
- Kilikiti, a form of cricket played on the islands of Polynesia, is one of the strangest sporting legacies of the British Empire.
- Tokelau's young people used to swim and surf in their spare time, or played a Tokelauan version of cricket called Kilikiti.
Origin
Samoan.