kula
/ (ˈkuːlə) /
a ceremonial gift exchange practised among a group of islanders in the W Pacific, used to establish relations between islands
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How to use kula in a sentence
"The boy was from God, so God can take him," 40-year-old kula told me when I journeyed to Dareta recently.
So Kalle kula was laid in the coffin with a bundle of waffles beside him.
The Swedish Fairy Book | VariousThe "chela kula" (tower of skulls), on the Pirot road, is a grim monument of the times.
Through the Land of the Serb | Mary Edith DurhamIn the kula district of Maui pigs are fattened upon the corn and potatoes raised in the district.
The Hawaiian Islands | The Department of Foreign Affairs(It is called the kundalin or kula kundalin nrh in the original).
Such is the story of the origin of the caste, members of which often call it Sagara kula, or the family of Sagara.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India | Edgar Thurston
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