ula-ula

• IPA^(key): /ˌula ˈula/ [ˌu.la ˈu.la]

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• Syllabification: u‧la-u‧la

ula-ula m (countable and uncountable, plural ula-ulas)

1. (uncountable, playground games, Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Cuba, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, obsolete in Argentina) alternative form of hula-hula (a game played with a hula hoop)
2. (countable, Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Cuba, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, rare in Uruguay) alternative form of hula-hula (“hula hoop”)

• “ula-ula”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010