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hula en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈhulə/ (General-American)
  • /ˈhuːlə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • ho͞oʹlə (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian hula.

Meanings

  1. A form of chant and dance, which was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there.
    • Under the rule of Kalākaua, they had revived the hula, which had been condemned by the missionaries. 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 87:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hulas Number=Plur lexicographic
hura alternative lexicographic
hula-hula alternative lexicographic
hula hula alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

hula skirt · hula hoop · horizontal hula

Descendants

hwla

Translations (12)

mr हुला (Hawaiian chant and dance) · hi हुला (Hawaiian chant and dance) · cmn 草裙舞 (Hawaiian chant and dance) · ko 훌라 (Hawaiian chant and dance) · cy hwla (Hawaiian chant and dance) · haw hula (Hawaiian chant and dance) · ar هُولَا (Hawaiian chant and dance) · ja フラ (Hawaiian chant and dance) · cmn 呼拉圈舞 (Hawaiian chant and dance) · ur ہلا (Hawaiian chant and dance) · ru ху́ла (Hawaiian chant and dance) · mi hurahura (Hawaiian chant and dance)

hula en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈhulə/ (General-American)
  • /ˈhuːlə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • ho͞oʹlə (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian hula.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To dance the hula.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hula-hula alternative lexicographic
hulaing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hula hula alternative lexicographic
hulaed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hulaed Tense=Past lexicographic
hura alternative lexicographic
hulas Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic