n. Trouble, distress, tribulation, straits, disaster, calamity, ordeal, hardship, adversity, misfortune. Ulia pōpilikia, crisis, emergency. Keʻena o nā pōpilikia kūikawā, industrial accident board. hoʻo.pō.pili.kia To cause distress, harm, trouble; to afflict.
s. Po, intensive, and pilikia, thick together. Want of room.
2. The want of something necessary for a particular pursuit.
3. Difficulty; distress; tribulation. Kanl. 4:30.
4. Oppression; designed vexation.
v. To cause distress to one; to oppress; to bear hard upon one; to cause one to work like a slave. Hoo. To vex; to harass. Nah. 33:55.
adj. Distressing; afflictive; difficult.
Distressing; afflictive; difficult.
[Po, intensive, and pilikia, close together.]
1. Want of room.
2. The want of something necessary for a particular pursuit.
3. Difficulty; distress; tribulation.
4. Oppression; designed vexation.
To be distressed; to be overtaken by disaster or misfortune.
difficulty, disappointment, distress, disaster.
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