kula

From a South Slavic language, from Turkish kule, from Persian قله‎ (qolle), from Arabic قُلَّة‎ (qulla, “pinnacle, zenith”).

kula (plural kulas)

1. A tower, turret or steeple on the Balkans erected during the period of Ottoman 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, p. 107:

     Instead of the haïdooks, their next of kin, the zaptiés now hold a kula 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, p.5:

     The most important kulas of the Čengić-begs are those in Zagorje, in Rataji and the River Odžak near Ustikolina.

   • 1998, Miranda Vickers, Between Serb and Albanian, p. 111:

     The kulas were indeed like fortresses, with as many as twenty 'guns', ie. adult men ready to fight.

kula (uncountable)

1. A ceremonial exchange system conducted in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea, involving the exchange of bracelets and necklaces, and linked to political authority.

• Kalu, Luka, lauk

kula

1. glue; or any sticky adhesive substance

kula

1. to glue; to join or attach something using glue

kula

1. field, open area

   kula mauʻu

   meadow, field of grass

2. school

• IPA^(key): [ˈkulɒ]
• Hyphenation: ku‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

kula (plural kulák)

1. (slang) shit

kula

1. Romanization of ꦏꦸꦭ.

From Low German. Cognate to German Kule, Kuhle.

kula

1. hole

• Leon Biskupski, Beiträge zur slavischen Dialektologie. I. Die Sprache der Brodnitzer Kaschuben im Kreise Karthaus (West-Preußen). I. Heft. Die Lautlehre. Abteilung A. – Inaugural-Dissertation, Druck von Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig, p. 12

kula

1. ginger

From Javanese ꦏꦸꦭ (kula).

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /kulə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kula/
• Rhymes: -ulə, -lə, -ə

kula (Jawi spelling کولا‎, plural kula-kula, informal 1st possessive kulaku, 2nd possessive kulamu, 3rd possessive kulanya)

1. (Java) slave

kula (Jawi spelling کولا‎)

1. (Java, possibly obsolete) I (me, my)

• aku
• saya

• “kula” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

kula

1. male she oak tree.

• kulen

kula f

1. definite feminine singular of kule

kula f

1. definite singular of kule

Inherited from Sanskrit कुल (kula).

kula n

1. clan, caste, family

• → Burmese: ကုလား (ku.la:)
• → Thai: กุล (gun)

Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “kula”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Apparently borrowed from Middle High German kūle. In most senses cognate with German Kugel[1], in the sense “crutch” cognate with German Keule[2].

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.la/

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• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: ku‧la

kula f (diminutive kulka)

1. ball (spherical object)

   kula śnieżna ― snowball

2. (mathematics, geometry, topology) ball
3. bullet
4. crutch

   chodzić o kulach ― to walk on crutches

5. (sports) shot (the heavy iron ball)

   pchnięcie kulą ― shot put

• → Belarusian: ку́ля (kúlja)
• → Russian: пу́ля (púlja) (with sound changes)
• → Ukrainian: ку́ля (kúlja)

• piłka
• kłębek

• kula in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kula in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• luka

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قله‎ (kulle) (Turkish kule), from Persian قله‎ (qolle), from Arabic قُلَّة‎ (qulla, “pinnacle, zenith”).

• IPA^(key): /kǔːla/
• Hyphenation: ku‧la

kúla f (Cyrillic spelling ку́ла)

1. tower
2. turret
3. steeple
4. castle
5. (chess) rook

• (tower): toranj

• IPA^(key): /ˈkula/
• Hyphenation: ku‧la

kula

1. (transitive) to tell

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 30
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “kula”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Cognate with Swahili -ugua.

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kula

1. to be sick/ill

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kula (verbal noun of the ku class)

1. infinitive of -la

From Old Norse kúla (“lump, swelling”), with the meaning of "sphere" influenced by Middle Low German kule (“depression, bulge”) and German Kugel (“ball, sphere, bullet”).

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• Rhymes: -²ʉːla

kula c

1. 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 compound pungkula
2. bullet

   En kula träffade honom rakt i tinningen.

   A bullet hit him right in the temple.

3. (slang, chiefly in the plural) money

   Jag har tjänat massa kulor med den här bilen.

   I've made tons of cash with this car.

4. (heraldry) roundel

• → Finnish: kuula

• IPA^(key): [ˈku.la]

kula

1. (ditransitive) to give

• Edward A. Kotynski (1988), “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

kula

1. to dry under the sun

• IPA^(key): /kʊˈla/
• Hyphenation: ku‧la

kula

1. accusative singular of kul

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kula

1. old

From Proto-Chatino *kwela, from Proto-Zapotecan *kw-ella.

kula

1. fish

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kula

1. star