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Yes. The word hula is a Scrabble US word. The word hula is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word hula is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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4-letter words (2 found)

HAUL,HULA,

3-letter words (2 found)

ALU,LAH,

2-letter words (5 found)

AH,AL,HA,LA,UH,

You can make 9 words from hula according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of hula

hula uhla hlua lhua ulha luha hual uhal haul ahul uahl auhl hlau lhau halu ahlu lahu alhu ulah luah ualh aulh lauh aluh

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Definitions and meaning of hula

hula

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian hula.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhuːlə/
  • (General American) enPR: ho͞oʹlə, IPA(key): /ˈhulə/
  • Rhymes: -uːlə
  • 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

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

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hu‧la
  • IPA(key): /ˈhula/, [ˈhu.l̪a]
  • IPA(key): /ˈhulaʔ/, [ˈhu.l̪aʔ]

Noun

húla or hulà

  1. prediction, forecast
    Synonym: prediksiyon
  2. guess
    Synonyms: kalkulo, tuod

Derived terms

Cebuano

Alternative forms

  • hulahula

Etymology

Borrowed from English hula, from Hawaiian hula.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hu‧la
  • IPA(key): /ˈhula/, [ˈhu.l̪ʌ]

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

Etymology

From Hawaiian hula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhulɑ/, [ˈhulɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ulɑ
  • Syllabification(key): hu‧la

Noun

hula

  1. hula

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “hula”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

  • halu, luha

Hausa

Alternative forms

  • fū̀lā

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hùː.láː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [hùː.láː]

Noun

hū̀lā f (plural hūlunā̀, possessed form hū̀lar̃)

  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): /ˈhu.la/, [ˈhu.lə]

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

  • hoʻohula

Descendants

  • English: hula
  • Japanese: フラ

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhʏːla/
  • Rhymes: -ʏːla

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

Muna

Noun

hula

  1. face

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): /ˈxu.la/
  • Rhymes: -ula
  • Syllabification: hu‧la
  • Homophone: chula

Verb

hula

  1. third-person singular present of hulać

Seimat

Noun

hula

  1. taro

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xula.

Noun

hula f (Cyrillic spelling хула)

  1. blasphemy
    Synonym: huljenje

Declension

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Bikol Central hula and Kapampangan ula.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hu‧la
  • IPA(key): /ˈhulaʔ/, [ˈhu.lɐʔ]

Noun

hulà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜎ)

  1. guess; conjecture; surmise
    Synonyms: paghula, haka, haka-haka, sapantaha, palagay, pala-palagay
  2. prediction; forecast
    Synonym: prediksiyon

Derived terms

Tausug

Verb

hula (used in the form maghula)

  1. to live somewehere, to dwell

Tswana

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /húla/

Verb

hula

  1. to shoot

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hula/

Verb

hula

  1. to graze

Venda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kʊ́da.

Verb

hula

  1. to grow, to increase

Source: wiktionary.org