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Haʻa: with bent knees, formerly only in religious rituals, with leg and body motives, performed by gods (as Pele), nature, and men; called hula after mid-nineteenth century; previously hula was only for entertainment.

  • References:
    • See Kaeppler.

Nā LepiliTags: religion hula

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dance

hamanitransitive verb / Dance / Eng to Haw, Andrews (1865),

e haa, e hula.

Nā LepiliTags: dance hula

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hai. e hulahula.

hă‘ă; (foreign), hŭ’lăhŭ’lă; (native), hŭ’lă.

v. E hula; e haa.

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