# hula
## English
### Alternative forms

* hula-hula, hula hula, (obsolete) hura

### Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian hula.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈhuːlə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) enPR: ho͞oʹlə, IPA: /ˈhulə/
* Rhymes: -uːlə
* Hyphenation: hu‧la

### Noun

hula (plural hulas)
* 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.

#### Derived terms

* horizontal hula
* hula hoop
* hula skirt

#### Translations
### Verb

hula (third-person singular simple present hulas, present participle hulaing, simple past and past participle hulaed)
* (intransitive) To dance the hula.

### Anagrams

* haul

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhula/ [ˈhu.l̪a]
* IPA: /ˈhulaʔ/ [ˈhu.l̪aʔ]
* Hyphenation: hu‧la

### Noun

húla or hulà
* prediction, forecast
    Synonym: prediksiyon
* guess
    Synonyms: kalkulo, tuod

#### Derived terms

* hulahon
* maghula
* parahula

## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* hulahula

### Etymology

Borrowed from English hula, from Hawaiian hula.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: hu‧la
* IPA: /ˈhula/ [ˈhu.l̪ɐ]

### Noun

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

### Verb

hula
* to dance the hula

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Hawaiian hula.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhulɑ/, [ˈhulɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ulɑ
* Hyphenation: hu‧la

### Noun

hula
* hula

#### Declension

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 :

#### Derived terms

* hulatanssija
* hulatyttö
* hulavanne

### Further reading

* “hula”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* halu, luha

## Hausa
### Alternative forms

* fū̀lā

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

hū̀lā f (plural hūlunā̀, possessed form hū̀lar̃)
* cap, hat - especially, the traditional embroidered cap worn by Hausa men

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *fula (“to dance”) (compare with Maori hura (“to twitch”))

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhu.la/, [ˈhu.lə]
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### Noun

hula
* a form of dance native to the Hawaiian Islands
* a hula dancer
* a chant or song which accompanies the dance

### Verb

hula
* (transitive) to dance the hula
* (transitive) to chant in accompaniment with the dance
* (intransitive) to twitch

### Derived terms

* hoʻohula

### Descendants

* English: hula
* Japanese: フラ

### References

* ↑ Wilson, William H. (2012 December) “Whence the East Polynesians? Further Linguistic Evidence for a Northern Outlier Source”, in Oceanic Linguistics‎, volume 51, number 2, page 311
* ↑ 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
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhʏːla/
* Rhymes: -ʏːla

### Noun

hula f (genitive singular hulu, no plural)
* mist, haze
    Synonym: móða
* veil, cover
    Synonyms: blæja, hjúpur, slæða, skýla, slör

#### Related terms

* hylja (“to hide, to conceal”)

## Irish
### Noun

hula
* h-prothesized form of ula

## Lower Sorbian
### Noun

hula
* Obsolete spelling of wula.

## Muna
### Noun

hula
* face

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* hulen

### Noun

hula m or f
* definite feminine singular of hule

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* hula-hula

### Etymology

Through English from Hawaiian hula.

### Noun

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

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxu.lɑ/, [ˈhu.lɑ]

### Noun

hula
* nominative/accusative/genitive plural of hulu

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxu.la/
* Rhymes: -ula
* Syllabification: hu‧la
* Homophone: chula

### Verb

hula
* third-person singular present of hulać

## Seimat
### Noun

hula
* taro

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xula.

### Noun

hula f (Cyrillic spelling хула)
* blasphemy
    Synonym: huljenje

#### Declension
## Tagalog
### Etymology

Compare Bikol Central hula and Kapampangan ula.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈhulaʔ/ [ˈhuː.lɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -ulaʔ
* Syllabification: hu‧la

### Noun

hulà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜎ)
* guess; conjecture; surmise
    Synonyms: paghula, haka, haka-haka, sapantaha, palagay, pala-palagay
* prediction; forecast
    Synonym: prediksiyon

#### Derived terms

* hula-hula
* hulaan
* humula
* magpahula
* mahulaan
* manghuhula
* manghula
* paghula
* pahula
* pahulaan
* pahulain

### Anagrams

* luha

## Tswana
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /húla/

#### Verb

hula
* to shoot

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hula/

#### Verb

hula
* to graze

## Venda
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kʊ́da.

### Verb

hula
* to grow, to increase