hula
English
Alternative forms
- hula-hula, hula hula, (obsolete) hura
Etymology
Borrowed from Hawaiian hula.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhuːlə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) enPR: ho͞oʹlə, IPA(key): /ˈhulə/
- Rhymes: -uːlə
- Hyphenation: hu‧la
Noun
hula (plural hulas)
- A form of chant and dance, which was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there.
- 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 87:
- Under the rule of Kalākaua, they had revived the hula, which had been condemned by the missionaries.
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Derived terms
- horizontal hula
- hula hoop
Translations
Hawaiian chant and dance
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Verb
hula (third-person singular simple present hulas, present participle hulaing, simple past and past participle hulaed)
- (intransitive) To dance the hula.
Anagrams
- haul
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hu‧la
- IPA(key): /ˈhula/
- IPA(key): /ˈhulaʔ/
Noun
húla or hulà
- prediction, forecast
- Synonym: prediksiyon
- guess
- Synonyms: kalkulo, tuod
Derived terms
- hulahon
- maghula
- parahula
Cebuano
Alternative forms
- hulahula
Etymology
Borrowed from English hula, from Hawaiian hula.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hu‧la
- IPA(key): /ˈhula/, [ˈhu.l̪ʌ]
Noun
hula
- hula; a form of chant and dance, which was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there
Verb
hula
- to dance the hula
Finnish
Etymology
From Hawaiian hula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhulɑ/, [ˈhulɑ]
- Rhymes: -ulɑ
- Syllabification(key): hu‧la
Noun
hula
- hula
Declension
| Inflection of hula (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hula | hulat | |
| genitive | hulan | hulien | |
| partitive | hulaa | hulia | |
| illative | hulaan | huliin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hula | hulat | |
| accusative | nom. | hula | hulat |
| gen. | hulan | ||
| genitive | hulan | hulien hulainrare | |
| partitive | hulaa | hulia | |
| inessive | hulassa | hulissa | |
| elative | hulasta | hulista | |
| illative | hulaan | huliin | |
| adessive | hulalla | hulilla | |
| ablative | hulalta | hulilta | |
| allative | hulalle | hulille | |
| essive | hulana | hulina | |
| translative | hulaksi | huliksi | |
| instructive | — | hulin | |
| abessive | hulatta | hulitta | |
| comitative | — | hulineen | |
| Possessive forms of hula (type koira) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | hulani | hulamme |
| 2nd person | hulasi | hulanne |
| 3rd person | hulansa | |
Anagrams
- halu, luha
Hausa
Alternative forms
- fū̀lā
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hùː.láː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [hùː.láː]
Noun
hū̀lā f (plural hūlunā̀, possessed form hū̀lar̃)
- cap, hat - especially, the traditional embroidered cap worn by Hausa men
Hawaiian
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhu.la/, [ˈhulə]
Noun
hula
- a form of dance native to the Hawaiian Islands
- a hula dancer
- a chant or song which accompanies the dance
Verb
hula
- (transitive) to dance the hula
- (transitive) to chant in accompaniment with the dance
- (intransitive) to twitch
Derived terms
- hoʻohula
Descendants
- English: hula
- Japanese: フラ
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhʏːla/
- Rhymes: -ʏːla
Noun
hula f (genitive singular hulu, nominative plural hulur)
- mist, haze
- veil, cover
Declension
declension of hula
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hula | hulan | hulur | hulurnar |
| accusative | hulu | huluna | hulur | hulurnar |
| dative | hulu | hulunni | hulum | hulunum |
| genitive | hulu | hulunnar | hula | hulanna |
Synonyms
- (mist): móða
- (veil): blæja, hjúpur, slæða, skýla, slör
Related terms
- hylja (“to hide, to conceal”)
Irish
Noun
hula
- h-prothesized form of ula
Lower Sorbian
Noun
hula
- Obsolete spelling of wula
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- hulen
Noun
hula m or f
- definite feminine singular of hule
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- hula-hula
Etymology
Through English from Hawaiian hula.
Noun
hula m (definite singular hulaen, indefinite plural hulaer or hulaar, definite plural hulaene or hulaane)
- hula
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxu.la/
- Rhymes: -ula
- Syllabification: hu‧la
- Homophone: chula
Verb
hula
- third-person singular present of hulać
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
hula f (Cyrillic spelling хула)
- blasphemy
- Synonym: huljenje
Tagalog
Etymology
Compare Bikol Central hula and Kapampangan ula.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hu‧la
- IPA(key): /ˈhulaʔ/, [ˈhu.lɐʔ]
Noun
hulà
- guess; conjecture; surmise
- Synonyms: paghula, haka, haka-haka, sapantaha, palagay, pala-palagay
- prediction; forecast
- Synonym: prediksiyon
Derived terms
- hulaan
- hula-hula
- humula
- magpahula
- mahulaan
- manghuhula
- manghula
- paghula
- pahula
- pahulaan
- pahulain
Tausug
Verb
hula (used in the form maghula)
- to live somewehere, to dwell
Venda
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-kʊ́da.
Verb
hula
- to grow, to increase