chula

• choola

From Bengali চুলা (cula). Doublet of chulha.

chula (plural chulas)

1. (Bangladesh, India) hearth, fireplace
   • 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, page 6:

     When the basket was full, she carried it back and emptied it next to the outdoor chula where she did most of her cooking.

• Hyphenation: chu‧la

chula

1. (slang) to make out; to kiss passionately

chula

1. Humes' spelling of chola

Cognate with Koasati cola (“fox”), Chickasaw chula (“fox”), Creek culv

chula

1. fox

• chulha

From Hindi चूल्हा (cūlhā).

• IPA^(key): /tʃul(h)a/

chula

1. fireplace
2. fire

• met chula

• IPA^(key): /ˈxu.la/
• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: chu‧la
• Homophone: hula

chula

1. third-person singular present of chulać

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃula/ [ˈt͡ʃu.la]
• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: chu‧la

chula f (plural chulas)

1. Fruit of the cactus Euphorbia candelabrum

chula

1. feminine singular of chulo

• “chula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014