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) Synonym of hula. === Verb === 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 == === Noun === 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 == === 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) (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 === “hula-hula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “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