hula

1. nvt., The hula, a hula dancer; to dance the hula He hula (For. 5:479), a hula dancer. Kumu hula, hula master or teacher. Hula mai ʻoe (song), come to me dancing the hula. Haihai akula nā wāhine apau mamuli ona, me nā mea kuolokani, a me ka hula (Puk. 15.20), all the women followed after her with timbrels and dancing. 2. nvt., Song or chant used for the hula; to sing or chant for a hula. hoʻohula Caus/sim.; To cause someone to dance; to pretend to hula.

• For types of hula see ʻai haʻa, ʻālaʻapapa, ʻami, hapa haole, hue, kiʻelei, kōlani, kuhi, kuʻi, muʻumuʻu, ʻōhelo, ʻōlapa, ʻōniu, pahua, paʻi umauma, ʻūlili, UL 275–6.

  For hulas named for instruments see ʻiliʻili, kāʻekeʻeke, kā lāʻau, pahu, pā ipu, papa hehi, pūʻili, ʻulīʻulī.

  For hulas named for creatures see honu, ʻīlio, kōlea, manō, peʻepeʻemakawalu, puaʻa.