kula

See also Kula, kúla, küla, and külä

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Noun

kula (plural kulas)

1. A tower, turret or a steeple on the Balkans 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, p. 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, p.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, p. 111:

     The kulas were indeed like fortresses, with as many as twenty 'guns', ie. adult men ready to fight.

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Hawaiian

Noun

kula

1. field, open area

   kula mau'u: meadow, field of grass

2. school

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkulɒ/
• Hyphenation: ku‧la

Noun

kula

1. (slang) shit

Declension

declension of kula 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

possessives of kula possessor singular possession plural possession 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

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Malay

Etymology

From Javanese.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /kulə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /kula/
• Rhymes: -ulə, -lə, -ə

Noun

kula

1. (Java) slave

Pronoun

kula

1. (Java) I, me, my (unused)

Synonyms

• aku
• saya

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Ngarrindjeri

Noun

kula

1. male she oak tree.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈkula]

• kula

  (file)

Noun

kula f

1. spherical object; ball

   kula śnieżna — snowball

2. ball (mathematics)
3. bullet
4. crutch

   chodzić o kulach – to walk on crutches

5. (sports) shot (the heavy iron ball)

   pchnięcie kulą — shot put

Declension

    declension of kula

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kǔːla/
• Hyphenation: ku‧la

Noun

kúla f (Cyrillic spelling ку́ла)

1. tower
2. turret
3. steeple
4. castle

Declension

    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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Swahili

Etymology

From the verb root la

Noun

kula (invariable) (class 15)

1. eating (the act of eating):

Verb form

kula

Infinitive of la

1. to eat

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

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. bullet

   En kula träffade honom rakt i tinningen.

   "A bullet hit him right in the temple.

3. (slang, chiefly in the plural) money

   Jag har tjänat massa kulor med den här bilen.

   "I've made tons of cash with this car."

Declension

Declension of kula

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

Derived terms

• jordkula
• kulform
• kulformad
• kulfång
• kulgevär
• kullager
• kulspruta (abbreviated ksp )
• kulsprutegevär (abbreviated kg )
• kulsprutepistol (abbreviated kpist )
• kulventil
• malkula

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Tagalog

Verb

kula

1. to dry under the sun