From aSouth Slavic language, fromTurkish kule , fromPersian قله ( qolle ) , fromArabic قُلَّة ( qulla ,“ pinnacle, zenith ” ) .
kula (plural kulas )
Atower ,turret orsteeple inSoutheast Europe erected during the period ofOttoman domination on the area.1867 , Georgina Mary Muir Mackenzie, Lady Georgina Mary Muir Sebright, Mackenzie Sebright, Adeline Paulina Irby,Travels in the Slavonic Provinces of Turkey-in-Europe ,pages107–108 :Instead of the haïdooks, their next of kin, the zaptiés now hold akula on the highest point of the pass; here one pauses to rest after scrambling up the vile Turkish road on one side of the ravine, and before scrambling down the vile Turkish road on the other.
1998 , Adil Zulfikarpašić, Milovan Djilas, Nadežda Gaće,The Bosniak ,page 5 :The most importantkulas of the Čengić-begs are those in Zagorje, in Rataji and the River Odžak near Ustikolina.
1998 , Miranda Vickers,Between Serb and Albanian ,page111 :Thekulas were indeed like fortresses, with as many as twenty 'guns', i.e. adult men ready to fight.
From aMelanesian language.[ 1]
kula (uncountable )
Aceremonial exchange system conducted in the Milne Bay Province ofPapua New Guinea , involving the exchange ofbracelets andnecklaces , and linked topolitical authority . kula
Romanization ofᬓᬸᬮ kula
glue ; or any sticky adhesive substancekula
toglue ; tojoin orattach something using glue kula
inflection ofkout : feminine singular past active participle neuter plural past active participle kula
field , open areaschool kula (plural kulák )
( slang ) shit kula
Romanization ofꦏꦸꦭ .Ultimately fromPersian کل ( kol ) .
( Mansûrâbâdî ) IPA (key ) : [qulɒ] ( Xarrâbî ) IPA (key ) : [kʊla(ː)] ,[ku̞laː] kula (comparative kulatar )
short ,small kula
ginger FromJavanese ꦏꦸꦭ ( kula ) .
kula (Jawi spelling کولا ,plural kula -kula )
( Javanese ) slave kula (Jawi spelling کولا )
( Javanese, possibly obsolete ) I (me ,my )kula
not (negative particle)kula
male she oak tree .kula f
definite feminine singular ofkule kula f
definite singular ofkule Borrowed fromSanskrit कुल ( kula ,“ family; clan; lineage; herd; flock ” ) .
kula
family descent ,origin > Javanese:ꦏꦸꦭ ( kula ) ( inherited ) → Balinese:ᬓᬸᬮ ( kula ) kula
wife of lower rank, second wife to the queen "kula" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson,Old Javanese-English Dictionary . 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982. Alternative scripts
𑀓𑀼𑀮 ( Brahmi script ) कुल ( Devanagari script ) কুল ( Bengali script ) කුල ( Sinhalese script ) ကုလ orၵုလ ( Burmese script ) กุล orกุละ ( Thai script ) ᨠᩩᩃ ( Tai Tham script ) ກຸລ orກຸລະ ( Lao script ) កុល ( Khmer script ) 𑄇𑄪𑄣 ( Chakma script ) Inherited fromSanskrit कुल ( kula ) .
kula n
clan ,caste ,family Declension table of "kula" (neuter)
Pali Text Society (1921–1925 ) “kula ”, inPali-English Dictionary , London: Chipstead
Apparentlyborrowed fromMiddle High German kūle . In most senses cognate withGerman Kugel ,[ 1] in the sense “crutch” cognate withGerman Keule .[ 2]
kula f (diminutive kulka )
ball ( spherical object ) kula śnieżna ―snowball ( mathematics , geometry , topology ) ball bullet crutch chodzić okulach ―to walk oncrutches ( sports ) shot ( the heavy iron ball ) pchnięciekulą ―shot put( Central Greater Poland , humorous or Western Greater Poland , Chełmno , figuratively ) Synonym ofgłowa ( Kociewie ) crooked stick with which avillage head convenes avillage → Belarusian:ку́ля ( kúlja ) → Russian:пу́ля ( púlja ) ( with sound changes ) → Ukrainian:ку́ля ( kúlja ) kula inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANkula in Polish dictionaries at PWNOskar Kolberg (1877 ) “kula ”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, inZbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page19 Oskar Kolberg (1877 ) “kula ”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, inZbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page27 Gustaw Pobłocki (1887 ) “kula ”, inSłownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page134 Gustaw Pobłocki (1887 ) “kula ”, inSłownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page153 Borrowed fromOttoman Turkish قله ( kulle ) (Turkish kule ), fromPersian قله ( qolle ) , fromArabic قُلَّة ( qulla ,“ pinnacle, zenith ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /kǔːla/ Hyphenation:ku‧la kúla f (Cyrillic spelling ку́ла )
tower Synonym: toranj turret Synonym: kupola ,toranj belfry ,steeple Synonym: zvonik ( chess ) rook Chess pieces in Serbo-Croatian ·šahovske figure /шаховске фигуре (layout ·text ) kralj краљ dama ,kraljica дама ,краљица top ,kula топ ,кула lovac ,trkač ,laufer ловац ,тркач ,лауфер skakač ,konj скакач ,коњ pješak ,pešak ,pion ,pijun пјешак ,пешак ,пион ,пијун
IPA (key ) : /ˈkula/ Hyphenation:ku‧la kula
( transitive ) totell Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007 )A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia , page30 Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007 ), “kula”, inSidaama-Amharic-English dictionary , Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department Cognate withSwahili -ugua .
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kula
to besick /ill kula (verbal noun of theku class )
infinitive of-la FromOld Norse kúla ( “ lump, swelling ” ) , with the meaning of "sphere" influenced byMiddle Low German kule ( “ depression, bulge ” ) andGerman Kugel ( “ ball, sphere, bullet ” ) .
kula c
a small ball made of earthenware, glass (marble ) or a similar hard material;marble :spela kula ; of steel in a ball bearing;sphere ;testicle , often in the compoundpungkula abullet Enkula träffade honom rakt i tinningen. Abullet hit him right in the temple. aden (inhabited cavern or hollow) ( slang , chiefly in theplural ) money Jag har tjänat massakulor med den här bilen. I've made tons ofcash with this car. ( heraldry ) roundel ( athletics ) shot put (athletics event)Synonym: kulstötning ( of icecream ) scoop kula
( ditransitive ) togive Edward A. Kotynski (1988 ) “Tabaru phonology and morphology ”, inWork Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session , volume32 , Summer Institute of Linguistics Possibly fromSpanish colar ( “ to sift; to strain ” ) .
kulá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎ )
bleaching ofclothes under thesun ( usually with blueing ) Synonym: pagkukula clothes beingbleached under thesun kula (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎ )( botany )
Geodorum densiflorum ( terrestrial orchid ) “kula ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 IPA (key ) : /kʊˈla/ Hyphenation:ku‧la kula
accusative singular ofkul (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
kula
old FromProto-Chatino *kwela , fromProto-Zapotecan *kw-ella .
kula
fish (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
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star