kalua

See also: Kalua and kālua

English

Etymology

From Hawaiian kālua.

Noun

kalua (uncountable)

1. A traditional Hawaiian cooking method, using an underground oven called an imu.

Adjective

kalua (not comparable)

1. Cooked using the kalua method.

   kalua pig; kalua turkey

Finnish

Noun

kalua

1. partitive singular of kalu

Verb

kalua

1. inflection of kaluta:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• alkua, kaula, lakua

Sundanese

Etymology

Perhaps from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā, “candy, confection”)

Noun

kalua (Sundanese script ᮊᮜᮥᮃ)

1. candied fruit

Further reading

• "KALOEWA", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij