hule

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish hulæ, from Old Norse hola (“cave”), from holr (“hollow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːlə/, [ˈhuːlə]

Noun

hule c (singular definite hulen, plural indefinite huler)

1. cave, cavern, grotto
2. den, lair

Inflection

Declension of hule

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hule	hulen	huler	hulerne
genitive	hules	hulens	hulers	hulernes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hola (“to hollow”), from holr (“hollow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːlə/, [ˈhuːlə]

Verb

hule (imperative hul, infinitive at hule, present tense huler, past tense hulede, perfect tense har hulet)

1. hollow

Etymology 3

See hul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːlə/, [ˈhuːlə]

Adjective

hule

1. definite of hul
2. plural of hul

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *huleh, probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hul- (compare English hull)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuleˣ/, [ˈhule̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ule
• Syllabification: hu‧le

Noun

hule

1. (chiefly in the plural) grain that is rejected in threshing due to lightness of seeds

Declension

Inflection of hule (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative		hule	huleet
genitive		huleen	huleiden huleitten
partitive		huletta	huleita
illative		huleeseen	huleisiin huleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hule	huleet
accusative	nom.	hule	huleet
	gen.	huleen
genitive		huleen	huleiden huleitten
partitive		huletta	huleita
inessive		huleessa	huleissa
elative		huleesta	huleista
illative		huleeseen	huleisiin huleihin
adessive		huleella	huleilla
ablative		huleelta	huleilta
allative		huleelle	huleille
essive		huleena	huleina
translative		huleeksi	huleiksi
instructive		—	hulein
abessive		huleetta	huleitta
comitative		—	huleineen

Possessive forms of hule (type hame)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	huleeni	huleemme
2nd person	huleesi	huleenne
3rd person	huleensa

Compounds

• hulejyvä

See also

• hulevesi

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Lower Sorbian

Noun

hule

1. Superseded spelling of wule.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Entrance of Fingalshula

Etymology 1

Adjective

hule

1. inflection of hul:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hola

Alternative forms

• hole (Nynorsk also)

Noun

hule f or m (definite singular hula or hulen, indefinite plural huler, definite plural hulene)

1. a cave
2. a cavity (anatomy)
3. a den

Synonyms

• (sense 1) grotte
• (sense 2) hulrom

Derived terms

• armhule
• hulemaleri
• munnhule

References

• “hule” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Old Irish

Determiner

hule

1. Alternative spelling of uile

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Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl ōlli (“latex”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈule/, [ˈu.le]

Noun

hule m (plural hules)

1. natural rubber

   Synonym: caucho

2. (Mexico) rubber tree

   Synonyms: árbol del caucho, hevea, (Argentina, Bolivia, Peru) sinringa

Descendants

• → English: ule
• → Zoogocho Zapotec: hul

Further reading

• “hule”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014