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kula
kula
English
Noun
kula (plural kulas)
- A tower, turret or a steeple on the Balkans erected during the period of Ottoman domination on the area.
- 1867, Georgina Mary Muir Mackenzie, Lady Georgina Mary Muir Sebright, Mackenzie Sebright, Adeline Paulina Irby, Travels in the Slavonic Provinces of Turkey-in-Europe, p. 107:
- Instead of the haïdooks, their next of kin, the zaptiés now hold a kula on the highest point of the pass; here one pauses to rest after scrambling up the vile Turkish road on one side of the ravine, and before scrambling down the vile Turkish road on the other.
- 1998, Adil Zulfikarpašić, Milovan Djilas, Nadežda Gaće, The Bosniak, p.5:
- The most important kulas of the Čengić-begs are those in Zagorje, in Rataji and the River Odžak near Ustikolina.
- 1998, Miranda Vickers, Between Serb and Albanian, p. 111:
- The kulas were indeed like fortresses, with as many as twenty 'guns', ie. adult men ready to fight.
- 1867, Georgina Mary Muir Mackenzie, Lady Georgina Mary Muir Sebright, Mackenzie Sebright, Adeline Paulina Irby, Travels in the Slavonic Provinces of Turkey-in-Europe, p. 107:
Etymology 2
Noun
kula (uncountable)
- A ceremonial exchange system conducted in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea, involving the exchange of bracelets and necklaces, and linked to political authority.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkulɒ]
- Hyphenation: ku‧la
Noun
kula (plural kulák)
- (slang) ****
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kula | kulák |
accusative | kulát | kulákat |
dative | kulának | kuláknak |
instrumental | kulával | kulákkal |
causal-final | kuláért | kulákért |
translative | kulává | kulákká |
terminative | kuláig | kulákig |
essive-formal | kulaként | kulákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | kulában | kulákban |
superessive | kulán | kulákon |
adessive | kulánál | kuláknál |
illative | kulába | kulákba |
sublative | kulára | kulákra |
allative | kulához | kulákhoz |
elative | kulából | kulákból |
delative | kuláról | kulákról |
ablative | kulától | kuláktól |
Possessive forms of kula | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | kulám | kuláim |
2nd person sing. | kulád | kuláid |
3rd person sing. | kulája | kulái |
1st person plural | kulánk | kuláink |
2nd person plural | kulátok | kuláitok |
3rd person plural | kulájuk | kuláik |
Malay
Etymology
From Javanese ꦏꦸꦭ (kula).
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /kulə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /kula/
- Rhymes: -ulə, -lə, -ə
Noun
kula
Pronoun
kula
Synonyms
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkula]
Noun
kula f (diminutive kulka)
- ball (spherical object)
- kula śnieżna ― snowball
- (mathematics, geometry, topology) ball
- bullet
- crutch
- (sports) shot (the heavy iron ball)
- pchnięcie kulą ― shot put
Declension
declension of kula
See also
Anagrams
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish قله (kulle) (Turkish kule), from Persian قله (qolle), from Arabic قُلَّة (qulla, “pinnacle, zenith”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kǔːla/
- Hyphenation: ku‧la
Noun
kúla f (Cyrillic spelling ку́ла)
Declension
Declension of kula
See also
Chess pieces in Serbo-Croatian · šahovske figure / шаховске фигуре (layout · text) | |||||
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kralj краљ |
dama, kraljica дама, краљица |
top, kula топ, кула |
lovac, trkač, laufer ловац, тркач, лауфер |
skakač, konj скакач, коњ |
pješak, pešak, pion, pijun пјешак, пешак, пион, пијун |
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
kula c
- a small ball made of earthenware, glass (marble) or a similar hard material; marble: spela kula; of steel in a ball bearing; sphere; testicle, often in the compound pungkula
- bullet
- En kula träffade honom rakt i tinningen.
- A bullet hit him right in the temple.
- En kula träffade honom rakt i tinningen.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) money
- Jag har tjänat massa kulor med den här bilen.
- I've made tons of cash with this car.
- Jag har tjänat massa kulor med den här bilen.
- (heraldry) roundel
Declension
Inflection of kula | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kula | kulan | kulor | kulorna |
Genitive | kulas | kulans | kulors | kulornas |
Derived terms
Terms derived from kula