hula

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian hula.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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, p. 87:

     Under the rule of Kalākaua, they had revived the hula, which had been condemned by the missionaries.

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To dance the hula.

Anagrams

• haul

Alternative forms

• hulahula

Etymology

From English hula, from Hawaiian hula.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hu‧la

Noun

hula

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

Verb

hula

1. to dance the hula

Noun

hula

1. hula

Anagrams

• halu

Noun

hū̀lā f (plural huluna)

1. cap, hat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhu.la/, [ˈhulə]

Noun

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

hula

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʏːla/
• Rhymes: -ʏːla

Noun

hula f (genitive singular hulu, nominative plural hulur)

1. mist, haze
2. veil, cover

Noun

hula

1. h-prothesized form of ula

Noun

hula

1. Obsolete spelling of wula

Alternative forms

• hulen

Noun

hula m, f

1. definite feminine singular of hule

Noun

hula f (Cyrillic spelling хула)

1. blasphemy