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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Hawaiian hula.

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Noun edit

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.

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Verb edit

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

  1. (intransitive) To dance the hula.

Anagrams edit

Bikol Central edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

húla or hulà

  1. prediction, forecast
    Synonym: prediksiyon
  2. guess
    Synonyms: kalkulo, tuod

Derived terms edit

Cebuano edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English hula, from Hawaiian hula.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

hula

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

Verb edit

hula

  1. to dance the hula

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

From Hawaiian hula.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

hula

  1. hula

Declension edit

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
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
hulainirare
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
hulaisirare
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
hulaimmerare
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
hulainnerare
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
hulainsarare
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

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Hausa edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

hū̀lā f (plural hūlunā̀, possessed form hū̀lar̃)

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

Hawaiian edit

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhu.la/, [ˈhu.lə]
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Noun edit

hula

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

Verb edit

hula

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

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Descendants edit

  • English: hula
  • Japanese: フラ

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Noun edit

hula f (genitive singular hulu, nominative plural hulur)

  1. mist, haze
  2. veil, cover

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Related terms edit

  • hylja (to hide, to conceal)

Irish edit

Noun edit

hula

  1. h-prothesized form of ula

Lower Sorbian edit

Noun edit

hula

  1. Obsolete spelling of wula

Muna edit

Noun edit

hula

  1. face

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

hula m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of hule

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Through English from Hawaiian hula.

Noun edit

hula m (definite singular hulaen, indefinite plural hulaer or hulaar, definite plural hulaene or hulaane)

  1. hula

Polish edit

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hula

  1. third-person singular present of hulać

Seimat edit

Noun edit

hula

  1. taro

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *xula.

Noun edit

hula f (Cyrillic spelling хула)

  1. blasphemy
    Synonym: huljenje

Declension edit

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Compare Bikol Central hula and Kapampangan ula.

Pronunciation edit

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

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hulà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜎ)

  1. guess; conjecture; surmise
    Synonyms: paghula, haka, haka-haka, sapantaha, palagay, pala-palagay
  2. prediction; forecast
    Synonym: prediksiyon

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Tausug edit

Verb edit

hula (used in the form maghula)

  1. to live somewehere, to dwell

Tswana edit

Etymology 1 edit

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hula

  1. to shoot

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hula

  1. to graze

Venda edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-kʊ́da.

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hula

  1. to grow, to increase