hula

English

Alternative forms

• hula-hula, hula hula, (obsolete) hura

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian hula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuːlə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• enPR: ho͞oʹlə, IPA^(key): /ˈhulə/
• Rhymes: -uːlə
• Hyphenation: hu‧la

Noun

hula (plural hulas)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• hula hoop

Translations

Hawaiian chant and dance

• Arabic: هُولَا (hūlā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 草裙舞 (zh) (cǎoqúnwǔ), 呼拉圈舞 (hūlā quānwǔ)

• Hawaiian: hula
• Hindi: हुला (hi) (hulā)
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• Japanese: フラ (fura)
• Korean: 훌라 (hulla)
• Maori: hurahura
• Marathi: हुला (hulā)
• Russian: ху́ла (ru) f (xúla)
• Urdu: ہلا (hulā)

Verb

hula (third-person singular simple present hulas, present participle hulaing, simple past and past participle hulaed)

1. (intransitive) To dance the hula.

Anagrams

• haul

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hu‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈhula/ [ˈhu.l̪a]

Noun

húla

1. prediction; guess; forecast

Derived terms

• hulahon
• maghula
• parahula

 

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Cebuano

Alternative forms

• hulahula

Etymology

From English hula, from Hawaiian hula.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hu‧la

Noun

hula

1. hula; a form of chant and dance, which was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there

Verb

hula

1. to dance the hula

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhulɑ/, [ˈhulɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ulɑ
• Syllabification^(key): hu‧la

Noun

hula

1. 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 hulain rare
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
abessive		hulatta	hulitta
instructive		—	hulin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of hula (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hulani hulani accusative nom. hulani hulani gen. hulani genitive hulani hulieni hulaini rare partitive hulaani huliani inessive hulassani hulissani elative hulastani hulistani illative hulaani huliini adessive hulallani hulillani ablative hulaltani huliltani allative hulalleni hulilleni essive hulanani hulinani translative hulakseni hulikseni abessive hulattani hulittani instructive — — comitative — hulineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hulasi hulasi accusative nom. hulasi hulasi gen. hulasi genitive hulasi huliesi hulaisi rare partitive hulaasi huliasi inessive hulassasi hulissasi elative hulastasi hulistasi illative hulaasi huliisi adessive hulallasi hulillasi ablative hulaltasi huliltasi allative hulallesi hulillesi essive hulanasi hulinasi translative hulaksesi huliksesi abessive hulattasi hulittasi instructive — — comitative — hulinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hulamme hulamme accusative nom. hulamme hulamme gen. hulamme genitive hulamme huliemme hulaimme rare partitive hulaamme huliamme inessive hulassamme hulissamme elative hulastamme hulistamme illative hulaamme huliimme adessive hulallamme hulillamme ablative hulaltamme huliltamme allative hulallemme hulillemme essive hulanamme hulinamme translative hulaksemme huliksemme abessive hulattamme hulittamme instructive — — comitative — hulinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hulanne hulanne accusative nom. hulanne hulanne gen. hulanne genitive hulanne hulienne hulainne rare partitive hulaanne hulianne inessive hulassanne hulissanne elative hulastanne hulistanne illative hulaanne huliinne adessive hulallanne hulillanne ablative hulaltanne huliltanne allative hulallenne hulillenne essive hulananne hulinanne translative hulaksenne huliksenne abessive hulattanne hulittanne instructive — — comitative — hulinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative hulansa hulansa accusative nom. hulansa hulansa gen. hulansa genitive hulansa huliensa hulainsa rare partitive hulaansa huliaan huliansa inessive hulassaan hulassansa hulissaan hulissansa elative hulastaan hulastansa hulistaan hulistansa illative hulaansa huliinsa adessive hulallaan hulallansa hulillaan hulillansa ablative hulaltaan hulaltansa huliltaan huliltansa allative hulalleen hulallensa hulilleen hulillensa essive hulanaan hulanansa hulinaan hulinansa translative hulakseen hulaksensa hulikseen huliksensa abessive hulattaan hulattansa hulittaan hulittansa instructive — — comitative — hulineen hulinensa

Anagrams

• halu, luha

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Hausa

Alternative forms

• fū̀lā

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hùː.láː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [hùː.láː]

Noun

hū̀lā f (plural hūlunā̀, possessed form hū̀lar̃)

1. cap, hat - especially, the traditional embroidered cap worn by Hausa men

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Hawaiian

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhu.la/, [ˈhu.lə]

Noun

1. a form of dance native to the Hawaiian Islands
2. a hula dancer
3. a chant or song which accompanies the dance

Verb

1. (transitive) to dance the hula
2. (transitive) to chant in accompaniment with the dance
3. (intransitive) to twitch

Derived terms

• hoʻohula

Descendants

• English: hula
• Japanese: フラ

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʏːla/
• Rhymes: -ʏːla

Noun

hula f (genitive singular hulu, nominative plural hulur)

1. mist, haze
2. veil, cover

Synonyms

• (mist): móða
• (veil): blæja, hjúpur, slæða, skýla, slör

Related terms

• hylja (“to hide, to conceal”)

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Irish

Noun

hula

1. h-prothesized form of ula

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Lower Sorbian

Noun

hula

1. Obsolete spelling of wula.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hulen

Noun

hula m or f

1. definite feminine singular of hule

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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)

1. hula

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Polish

Verb

hula

1. third-person singular present of hulać

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

hula f (Cyrillic spelling хула)

1. blasphemy

   Synonym: huljenje

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Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Bikol Central hula and Kapampangan ula.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hu‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈhulaʔ/, [ˈhuː.lɐʔ]

Noun

hulà

1. guess; conjecture; surmise

   Synonyms: paghula, haka, haka-haka, sapantaha, palagay, pala-palagay

2. prediction; forecast

   Synonym: prediksiyon

Derived terms

• hula-hula
• hulaan
• humula
• magpahula
• mahulaan
• manghuhula
• manghula
• paghula
• pahula
• pahulaan
• pahulain

 

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Tausug

Verb

hula (used in the form maghula)

1. to live somewehere, to dwell

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Venda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kʊ́da.

Verb

hula

1. to grow, to increase