different between hula vs luau

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian hula.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?hu?l?/
• (General American) enPR: ho?o?l?, IPA^(key): /?hul?/
• Rhymes: -u?l?
• 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.

Derived terms

• hula hoop

Translations

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

Cebuano

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

Finnish

Noun

hula

1. hula

Declension

Anagrams

• halu, luha

Hausa

Noun

h??l? f (plural h?lun??, possessed form h??lar?)

1. cap, hat - especially, the traditional embroidered cap worn by Hausa men

Hawaiian

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hu.la/, [?hul?]

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

Derived terms

• ho?ohula

Descendants

• English: hula
• Japanese: ??

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??la/
• Rhymes: -??la

Noun

hula f (genitive singular hulu, nominative plural hulur)

1. mist, haze
2. veil, cover

Declension

Synonyms

• (mist): móða
• (veil): blæja, hjúpur, slæða, skýla, slör

Related terms

• hylja (“to hide, to conceal”)

Irish

Noun

hula

1. h-prothesized form of ula

Lower Sorbian

Noun

hula

1. Obsolete spelling of wula

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hulen

Noun

hula m or f

1. 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)

1. hula

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xu.la/
• Homophone: chula

Verb

hula

1. third-person singular present of hula?

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

hula f (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. blasphemy

Synonyms

• huljenje

Venda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-k??da.

Verb

hula

1. to grow, to increase

English

Alternative forms

• l??au

Etymology

From Hawaiian l??au. Replaced earlier paina (from p??ina) and ahaaina (from ?aha?aina).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lu.a?/

Noun

luau (plural luaus or luau)

1. An elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment.

Translations

See also

• hula

Further reading

• l??au on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Samuel H. Elbert (1986), Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, ?ISBN, p. 214

Portuguese

Noun

luau m (plural luaus)

1. luau (elaborate Hawaiian feast)

Romanian

Verb

luau

1. third-person plural of lua