halau
See also: hālau
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hawaiian hālau
Noun
halau (plural halaus)
- A school or group of hula dancers.
- 2000, Rosemary Patterson, An End to Innocence (page 21)
- It seemed like we were always preparing for a contest or watching other hula halaus […]
- 2004, Shari 'Iolani Floyd Berinobis, The spirit of hula: photos and stories from around the world (page 58)
- In 1980 I became an active member in three halaus in California and danced professionally for Aunty Ilima and Uncle Jr. Montgomery for the following eighteen years.
- 2000, Rosemary Patterson, An End to Innocence (page 21)
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayic *halaw, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Chamic *halaw, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *halaw, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *halaw, from (Western) (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *halaw.
Pronunciation
Verb
halau (Jawi spelling هالاو, used in the form menghalau)
- to drive away (to force someone to leave)
Synonyms
Categories:
- English terms derived from Hawaiian
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Chamic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay 2-syllable words
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/alau̯
- Rhymes:Malay/lau̯
- Rhymes:Malay/au̯
- Malay lemmas
- Malay verbs