English

Noun

kula ‎(plural kulas)

1. A tower, turret or a 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.

Etymology 2

Noun

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.

Hawaiian

Noun

kula

1. field, open area

   kula mauʻu: meadow, field of grass

2. school

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kula ‎(plural kulák)

1. (slang) ****

Declension

Javanese

Pronoun

kula

1. (polite) I

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese ꦏꦸꦭ ‎(kula).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kula

1. (Java) slave

Pronoun

kula

1. (Java) I, me, my (unused)

Synonyms

• aku
• saya

Ngarrindjeri

Noun

kula

1. male she oak tree.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• kulen

Noun

kula f

1. definite feminine singular of kule

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kula f

1. definite singular of kule

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkula]

Noun

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

Declension

See also

• piłka f; kłębek m

Anagrams

• luka

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kúla f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ку́ла)

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

Declension

See also

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

Swahili

Verb

kula (verbal noun of the ku class)

1. infinitive of -la

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Declension

Derived terms

Tagalog

Verb

kula

1. to dry under the sun

Turkish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kula

1. accusative singular of kul