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hula

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See also: hulă, Hula, Hulă, and hula'
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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hawaiian hula.

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Noun

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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.

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Descendants

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  • → Welsh: hwla

Translations

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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To dance the hula.

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Cebuano

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English hula, from Hawaiian hula.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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hula

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

Verb

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hula

  1. to dance the hula

Central Bikol

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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húla or hulà (Basahan spelling ᜑᜓᜎ)

  1. prediction, forecast
    Synonym: prediksiyon
  2. guess
    Synonyms: kalkulo, tuod

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Chichewa

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-hula (infinitive kuhúla)

  1. to cut hair

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References

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  • Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎[2], Oxford University Press, page 167
  • Centre for Language Studies, Mtanthauziramawu wa Chinyanja

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Hawaiian hula.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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hula

  1. hula

Declension

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Inflection of hula (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative hula hulat
genitive hulan hulien
partitive hulaa hulia
illative hulaan huliin
singular plural
nominative hula hulat
accusative nom. hula hulat
gen. hulan
genitive hulan hulien
hulain rare
partitive hulaa hulia
inessive hulassa hulissa
elative hulasta hulista
illative hulaan huliin
adessive hulalla hulilla
ablative hulalta hulilta
allative hulalle hulille
essive hulana hulina
translative hulaksi huliksi
abessive hulatta hulitta
instructive — hulin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of hula (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative hulani hulani
accusative nom. hulani hulani
gen. hulani
genitive hulani hulieni
hulaini rare
partitive hulaani huliani
inessive hulassani hulissani
elative hulastani hulistani
illative hulaani huliini
adessive hulallani hulillani
ablative hulaltani huliltani
allative hulalleni hulilleni
essive hulanani hulinani
translative hulakseni hulikseni
abessive hulattani hulittani
instructive — —
comitative — hulineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative hulasi hulasi
accusative nom. hulasi hulasi
gen. hulasi
genitive hulasi huliesi
hulaisi rare
partitive hulaasi huliasi
inessive hulassasi hulissasi
elative hulastasi hulistasi
illative hulaasi huliisi
adessive hulallasi hulillasi
ablative hulaltasi huliltasi
allative hulallesi hulillesi
essive hulanasi hulinasi
translative hulaksesi huliksesi
abessive hulattasi hulittasi
instructive — —
comitative — hulinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative hulamme hulamme
accusative nom. hulamme hulamme
gen. hulamme
genitive hulamme huliemme
hulaimme rare
partitive hulaamme huliamme
inessive hulassamme hulissamme
elative hulastamme hulistamme
illative hulaamme huliimme
adessive hulallamme hulillamme
ablative hulaltamme huliltamme
allative hulallemme hulillemme
essive hulanamme hulinamme
translative hulaksemme huliksemme
abessive hulattamme hulittamme
instructive — —
comitative — hulinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative hulanne hulanne
accusative nom. hulanne hulanne
gen. hulanne
genitive hulanne hulienne
hulainne rare
partitive hulaanne hulianne
inessive hulassanne hulissanne
elative hulastanne hulistanne
illative hulaanne huliinne
adessive hulallanne hulillanne
ablative hulaltanne huliltanne
allative hulallenne hulillenne
essive hulananne hulinanne
translative hulaksenne huliksenne
abessive hulattanne hulittanne
instructive — —
comitative — hulinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative hulansa hulansa
accusative nom. hulansa hulansa
gen. hulansa
genitive hulansa huliensa
hulainsa rare
partitive hulaansa huliaan
huliansa
inessive hulassaan
hulassansa 		hulissaan
hulissansa
elative hulastaan
hulastansa 		hulistaan
hulistansa
illative hulaansa huliinsa
adessive hulallaan
hulallansa 		hulillaan
hulillansa
ablative hulaltaan
hulaltansa 		huliltaan
huliltansa
allative hulalleen
hulallensa 		hulilleen
hulillensa
essive hulanaan
hulanansa 		hulinaan
hulinansa
translative hulakseen
hulaksensa 		hulikseen
huliksensa
abessive hulattaan
hulattansa 		hulittaan
hulittansa
instructive — —
comitative — hulineen
hulinensa

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Hausa

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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hū̀lā f (plural hūlunā̀, possessed form hū̀lar̃)

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

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhu.la/, [ˈhu.lə]
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Noun

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hula

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

Verb

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hula

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Wilson, William H. (December 2012), “Whence the East Polynesians? Further Linguistic Evidence for a Northern Outlier Source”, in Oceanic Linguistics‎[1], volume 51, number 2, page 311
  2. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “hula”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 88

Icelandic

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Noun

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hula f (genitive singular hulu, no plural)

  1. mist, haze
    Synonym: móða
  2. veil, cover
    Synonyms: blæja, hjúpur, slæða, skýla, slör

Declension

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Declension of hula (sg-only feminine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative hula hulan
accusative hulu huluna
dative hulu hulunni
genitive hulu hulunnar
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  • hylja (“to hide, to conceal”)

Irish

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Noun

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hula

  1. h-prothesized form of ula

Lower Sorbian

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Noun

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hula

  1. obsolete spelling of wula

Muna

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Noun

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hula

  1. face

References

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  • “hula” in Webonary.org

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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hula m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of hule

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Through English from Hawaiian hula.

Noun

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

  1. hula

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Noun

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hula

  1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of hulu

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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hula

  1. third-person singular present of hulać

Seimat

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Noun

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hula

  1. taro

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *xula.

Noun

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hula f (Cyrillic spelling хула)

  1. blasphemy
    Synonym: huljenje

Declension

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Declension of hula
singular plural
nominative hula hule
genitive hule hula
dative huli hulama
accusative hulu hule
vocative hulo hule
locative huli hulama
instrumental hulom hulama

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Compare Central Bikol hula and Kapampangan ula.

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Noun

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hulà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜎ)

  1. guess; conjecture; surmise
    Synonyms: paghula, haka, haka-haka, sapantaha, palagay, pala-palagay
  2. prediction; forecast
    Synonym: prediksiyon

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Tswana

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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hula

  1. to shoot

Etymology 2

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hula

  1. to graze

Venda

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-kʊ́da.

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hula

  1. to grow, to increase
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