See also: Kukula and Kukuła

Hawaiian edit

Etymology edit

Reduplicated form of kula, borrowed from English school.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kuˈku.la/, [kuˈku.lə]

Verb edit

kukula

  1. to attend school

Tokelauan edit

 
Te lanu kukula.

Etymology edit

From a reduplicated form of Proto-Polynesian *kula. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻula and Samoan ʻula.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ku.ˈku.la]
  • Hyphenation: ku‧ku‧la

Noun edit

kukula

  1. redness

Verb edit

kukula

  1. (stative) to be red

References edit

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 168