Definition of "hala"

hala¹

noun
plural halas or hala
1. Pandanus tectorius, a screw pine native to Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands.

hala²

adjective
comparative more hala, superlative most hala
1. (obsolete, dialect) Embarrassed or ashamed.
  Quotations
  Hack. Kiſs, kiſs her, Man; this Town affords ſuch every where; you'll hate the Country, when you ſee a little more; kiſs her, I ſay. Lolp. I am ſo hala; I am aſhamed.
  1688, Thomas Shadwell, The Squire of Alsatia