hula

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

Borrowed from Hawaiian hula.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhuːlə/

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

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.

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

1. (intransitive) To dance the hula.

• haul

• IPA^(key): /ˈhula/ [ˈhu.l̪a], /ˈhulaʔ/ [ˈhu.l̪aʔ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔula/ [ˈʔu.l̪a], /ˈʔulaʔ/ [ˈʔu.l̪aʔ] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: hu‧la

húla or hulà (Basahan spelling ᜑᜓᜎ)

1. prediction, forecast

   Synonym: prediksiyon

2. guess

   Synonyms: kalkulo, tuod

• hulahula

Borrowed from English hula, from Hawaiian hula.

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

hula

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

hula

1. to dance the hula

From Hawaiian hula.

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

hula

1. hula

• “hula”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• halu, luha

• fū̀lā

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

hū̀lā f (plural hūlunā̀, possessed form hū̀lar̃)

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

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *fula (“to dance”) (compare with Maori hura (“to twitch”))^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈhu.la/, [ˈhu.lə]

hula

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

hula

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

• English: hula
• Japanese: フラ

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʏːla/
• Rhymes: -ʏːla

hula f (genitive singular hulu, no plural)

1. mist, haze

   Synonym: móða

2. veil, cover

   Synonyms: blæja, hjúpur, slæða, skýla, slör

• hylja (“to hide, to conceal”)

hula

1. h-prothesized form of ula

hula

1. obsolete spelling of wula

hula

1. face

• hulen

hula m or f

1. definite feminine singular of hule

• hula-hula

Through English from Hawaiian hula.

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

1. hula

• IPA^(key): /ˈxu.lɑ/, [ˈhu.lɑ]

hula

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of hulu

• IPA^(key): /ˈxu.la/
• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: hu‧la
• Homophone: chula

hula

1. third-person singular present of hulać

hula

1. taro

From Proto-Slavic *xula.

hula f (Cyrillic spelling хула)

1. blasphemy

   Synonym: huljenje

Compare Bikol Central hula and Kapampangan ula.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhulaʔ/ [ˈhuː.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ulaʔ
• Syllabification: hu‧la

hulà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜎ)

1. guess; conjecture; surmise

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

2. prediction; forecast

   Synonym: prediksiyon

• luha

• IPA^(key): /húla/

hula

1. to shoot

• IPA^(key): /hula/

hula

1. to graze

From Proto-Bantu *-kʊ́da.

hula

1. to grow, to increase