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kula

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English

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Etymology 1

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From a South Slavic language, from Turkish kule, from Persian قله (qolle), from Arabic قُلَّة (qulla, “pinnacle, zenith”).

Noun

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kula (plural kulas)

  1. A tower, turret or steeple in Southeast Europe erected during the period of Ottoman domination on the area.
    • 1867, Georgina Mary Muir Mackenzie, Lady Georgina Mary Muir Sebright, Mackenzie Sebright, Adeline Paulina Irby, Travels in the Slavonic Provinces of Turkey-in-Europe, page 107:
      Instead of the haïdooks, their next of kin, the zaptiés now hold a kula on the highest point of the pass; here one pauses to rest after scrambling up the vile Turkish road on one side of the ravine, and before scrambling down the vile Turkish road on the other.
    • 1998, Adil Zulfikarpašić, Milovan Djilas, Nadežda Gaće, The Bosniak‎[1], page 5:
      The most important kulas of the Čengić-begs are those in Zagorje, in Rataji and the River Odžak near Ustikolina.
    • 1998, Miranda Vickers, Between Serb and Albanian, page 111:
      The kulas were indeed like fortresses, with as many as twenty 'guns', ie. adult men ready to fight.

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Noun

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kula (uncountable)

  1. A ceremonial exchange system conducted in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea, involving the exchange of bracelets and necklaces, and linked to political authority.

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Balinese

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Romanization

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kula

  1. Romanization of ᬓᬸᬮ

Cebuano

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Noun

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kula

  1. glue; or any sticky adhesive substance

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kula

  1. to glue; to join or attach something using glue

Czech

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Participle

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kula

  1. inflection of kout:
    1. feminine singular past active participle
    2. neuter plural past active participle

Hawaiian

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Noun

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kula

  1. field, open area
    kula mauʻu
    meadow, field of grass
  2. school

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkulɒ]
  • Hyphenation: ku‧la
  • Rhymes: -lɒ

Noun

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kula (plural kulák)

  1. (slang) shit

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kula kulák
accusative kulát kulákat
dative kulának kuláknak
instrumental kulával kulákkal
causal-final kuláért kulákért
translative kulává kulákká
terminative kuláig kulákig
essive-formal kulaként kulákként
essive-modal — —
inessive kulában kulákban
superessive kulán kulákon
adessive kulánál kuláknál
illative kulába kulákba
sublative kulára kulákra
allative kulához kulákhoz
elative kulából kulákból
delative kuláról kulákról
ablative kulától kuláktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		kuláé kuláké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		kuláéi kulákéi
Possessive forms of kula
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kulám kuláim
2nd person sing. kulád kuláid
3rd person sing. kulája kulái
1st person plural kulánk kuláink
2nd person plural kulátok kuláitok
3rd person plural kulájuk kuláik

Javanese

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Romanization

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kula

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦸꦭ.

Khalaj

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Perso-Arabic کُله

Etymology

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Ultimately from Persian کل (kol).

Pronunciation

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  • (Mansûrâbâdî) IPA(key): [qulɒ]
  • (Xarrâbî) IPA(key): [kʊla(ː)], [ku̞laː]

Adjective

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kula (comparative kulatar)

  1. short, small

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Lindu

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Noun

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kula

  1. ginger

Malay

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Etymology

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From Javanese ꦏꦸꦭ (kula).

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Noun

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kula (Jawi spelling کولا, plural kula-kula, informal 1st possessive kulaku, 2nd possessive kulamu, 3rd possessive kulanya)

  1. (Javanese) slave

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kula (Jawi spelling کولا)

  1. (Javanese, possibly obsolete) I (me, my)

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Mudburra

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Particle

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kula

  1. not (negative particle)

Ngarrindjeri

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Noun

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kula

  1. male she oak tree.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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kula f

  1. definite feminine singular of kule

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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kula f

  1. definite singular of kule

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit कुल (kula, “family; clan; lineage; herd; flock”).

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Noun

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kula

  1. family
  2. descent, origin

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Descendants

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  • > Javanese: ꦏꦸꦭ (kula) (inherited)
    • → Malay: kula
    • → Musi: kulo
  • → Balinese: ᬓᬸᬮ (kula)

Noun

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kula

  1. wife of lower rank, second wife to the queen

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References

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  • "kula" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit कुल (kula).

Noun

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kula n

  1. clan, caste, family

Declension

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Declension table of "kula" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)kulaṃkulāni or kulā
Accusative (second)kulaṃkulāni or kule
Instrumental (third)kulenakulehi or kulebhi
Dative (fourth)kulassa or kulāya or kulatthaṃkulānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)kulasmā or kulamhā or kulākulehi or kulebhi
Genitive (sixth)kulassakulānaṃ
Locative (seventh)kulasmiṃ or kulamhi or kulekulesu
Vocative (calling)kulakulāni or kulā

Descendants

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References

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Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kula”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Polish

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Etymology

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Apparently borrowed from Middle High German kūle. In most senses cognate with German Kugel,[1] in the sense “crutch” cognate with German Keule.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈku.la/
  • Audio 1:(file)
  • Audio 2:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ula
  • Syllabification: ku‧la
  • Homophone: Kula

Noun

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kula f (diminutive kulka)

  1. ball (spherical object)
    kula śnieżna ― snowball
  2. (mathematics, geometry, topology) ball
  3. bullet
  4. crutch
    chodzić o kulach ― to walk on crutches
  5. (sports) shot (the heavy iron ball)
    pchnięcie kulą ― shot put
  6. (Central Greater Poland, humorous) Synonym of głowa

Declension

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Declension of kula
singular plural
nominative kula kule
genitive kuli kul/kuli
dative kuli kulom
accusative kulę kule
instrumental kulą kulami
locative kuli kulach
vocative kulo kule

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References

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  1. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “kula I”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “kula II”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

Further reading

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  • kula in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kula in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قله (kulle) (Turkish kule), from Persian قله (qolle), from Arabic قُلَّة (qulla, “pinnacle, zenith”).

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  • IPA(key): /kǔːla/
  • Hyphenation: ku‧la

Noun

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kúla f (Cyrillic spelling ку́ла)

  1. tower
    Synonym: toranj
  2. turret
    Synonym: kupola, toranj
  3. belfry, steeple
    Synonym: zvonik
  4. (chess) rook

Declension

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Declension of kula
singular plural
nominative kúla kule
genitive kule kula
dative kuli kulama
accusative kulu kule
vocative kulo kule
locative kuli kulama
instrumental kulom kulama

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Chess pieces in Serbo-Croatian · šahovske figure / шаховске фигуре (layout · text)
           
kralj
краљ 		dama, kraljica
дама, краљица 		top, kula
топ, кула 		lovac, trkač, laufer
ловац, тркач, лауфер 		skakač, konj
скакач, коњ 		pješak, pešak, pion, pijun
пјешак, пешак, пион, пијун

Sidamo

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkula/
  • Hyphenation: ku‧la

Verb

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kula

  1. (transitive) to tell

References

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  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 30
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “kula”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Sotho

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Etymology

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Cognate with Swahili -ugua.

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kula

  1. to be sick/ill

Swahili

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kula (verbal noun of the ku class)

  1. infinitive of -la

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kúla (“lump, swelling”), with the meaning of "sphere" influenced by Middle Low German kule (“depression, bulge”) and German Kugel (“ball, sphere, bullet”).

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kula c

  1. a small ball made of earthenware, glass (marble) or a similar hard material; marble: spela kula; of steel in a ball bearing; sphere; testicle, often in the compound pungkula
  2. a bullet
    En kula träffade honom rakt i tinningen.
    A bullet hit him right in the temple.
  3. a den (inhabited cavern or hollow)
    lejonkula
    lion's den
    rövarkula
    den of robbers
  4. (slang, chiefly in the plural) money
    Jag har tjänat massa kulor med den här bilen.
    I've made tons of cash with this car.
  5. (heraldry) roundel
  6. (athletics) shot put (athletics event)
    Synonym: kulstötning
  7. (of icecream) scoop

Declension

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Declension of kula
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kula kulas
definite kulan kulans
plural indefinite kulor kulors
definite kulorna kulornas

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Tabaru

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Pronunciation

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kula

  1. (ditransitive) to give

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  • Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Possibly from Spanish colar (“to sift; to strain”).

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kulá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎ)

  1. bleaching of clothes under the sun (usually with blueing)
    Synonym: pagkukula
  2. clothes being bleached under the sun
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Etymology 2

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kula (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎ) (botany)

  1. Geodorum densiflorum (terrestrial orchid)

Further reading

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  • “kula”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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Turkish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kʊˈla/
  • Hyphenation: ku‧la

Noun

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kula

  1. accusative singular of kul

Zacatepec Chatino

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Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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kula

  1. old

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Chatino *kwela, from Proto-Zapotecan *kw-ella.

Noun

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kula

  1. fish

Etymology 3

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

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kula

  1. star
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