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ʻukulele

/ ʻuku.lele / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., Ukulele.

  • Literally, leaping flea, probably from the Hawaiian nickname of Edward Purvis, who was small and quick and who popularized the instrument brought to Hawaiʻi by the Portuguese in 1879.
  • References:
    • Elbert and Knowlton, 1957.

Nā Lepili ｜ Tags: instruments image

ʻukulele

/ ʻuku•lele / Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

kikino, Ukulele.

Nā Lepili ｜ Tags: instruments

ukulele

Eng to Haw, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

kikino, ʻUkulele.

Nā Lepili ｜ Tags: music instruments

ʻukulele

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Flea (order Siphonaptera). Lit., jumping flea. (I Sam. 24:15.)

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