hula-hula

See also: hula hula

English

Alternative forms

• hula hula

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌhuːlə ˈhuːlə/
• (General American) enPR: ho͞o'lə ho͞oʹlə, IPA^(key): /ˌhulə ˈhulə/
• Rhymes: -uːlə
• Hyphenation: hula‧hula

Noun

hula-hula (plural hula-hulas)

1. Synonym of hula

Verb

hula-hula (third-person singular simple present hula-hulas, present participle hula-hulaing, simple past and past participle hula-hulaed)

1. Synonym of hula

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. Synonym of hula

Spanish

Alternative forms

• hulahúla, ula-ula, julajú

Etymology

Derived from English hula hoop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌula ˈula/ [ˌu.la ˈu.la]
• Syllabification: hu‧la-hu‧la

Noun

hula-hula m (countable and uncountable, plural hula-hulas)

1. (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
2. (countable, Chile) a hula hoop

Further reading

• “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