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hula
hula
English
Noun
hula (plural hulas)
- A form of chant and dance, which was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there.
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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.
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2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 87:
Derived terms
Translations
Hawaiian chant and dance
Verb
hula (third-person singular simple present hulas, present participle hulaing, simple past and past participle hulaed)
- (intransitive) To dance the hula.
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
hula
Declension
Inflection of hula (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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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 hulainrare |
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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 | |
instructive | — | hulin | |
abessive | hulatta | hulitta | |
comitative | — | hulineen |
Anagrams
Hawaiian
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