hula-hula
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See also: hula hula
English
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌhuːlə ˈhuːlə/
- (General American) enPR: ho͞o'lə ho͞oʹlə, IPA(key): /ˌhulə ˈhulə/
- Rhymes: -uːlə
- Hyphenation: hula‧hula
Noun
[edit]hula-hula (plural hula-hulas)
- Synonym of hula
Verb
[edit]hula-hula (third-person singular simple present hula-hulas, present participle hula-hulaing, simple past and past participle hula-hulaed)
- Synonym of hula
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]hula-hula m (definite singular hula-hulaen, indefinite plural hula-hulaer or hula-hulaar, definite plural hula-hulaene or hula-hulaane)
- Synonym of hula
Spanish
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from English hula hoop.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hula-hula m (countable and uncountable, plural hula-hulas)
- (uncountable, playground games, Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Cuba, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, uncommon in Venezuela, Argentina) a game in which a person spins a hula hoop around the waist with the movements of the hips
- (countable, Chile) a hula hoop
Further reading
[edit]- “hula-hula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
- “hula-hula”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
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