hankala.
difficult, challenging, tricky, inconvenient (hard, not easy, requiring much effort)
Meaning & usage
difficult, challenging, tricky, inconvenient (hard, not easy, requiring much effort)
cumbersome, troublesome, burdensome, wearisome (requiring much work)
awkward (not easily managed or effected)
Where this word comes from
hanka (“fork”) + -la, probably through the sense of something forked snagging, causing resistance.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.