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ʻukulele
kikino ｜ noun / ʻuku.lele /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.
ukulele
kikino ｜ nounʻukulele
kikino ｜ noun / ʻuku•lele /kikino, Ukulele.
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- References:
- See ʻukulele Ohta-san, ʻukulele hāʻoi, ʻukulele leo ʻekahi, ʻukulele leo ʻekolu, ʻukulele Liliʻu, ʻukulele pahu kīkā, ʻukulele pūniu, ʻukulele ʻea honu, ʻukulele ʻelua puka, ʻukulele ʻewalu kaula, ʻukulele ʻokia for kinds.
- See kaula, nīʻau, nīʻau liʻiliʻi, nīʻau nui, papa kī, wā, ʻau, ʻōpū for parts.
ukulele
kikino ｜ nounkikino, ʻUkulele.
- References:
- See baritone ʻukulele, cigar-box ʻukulele, coconut shell ʻukulele, cutaway ʻukulele, double-hole ʻukulele, eight-string ʻukulele, Liliʻu ʻukulele, Ohta-san ʻukulele, soprano ʻukulele, tenor ʻukulele, turtle shell ʻukulele for types.
- See body, bridge, fret, head, neck, nut, string for parts.
U-KU-LE-LE
s. Uku and lele, to jump. A flea. 1 Sam. 24:15.
Ukulele (u'-ku-le'-le), n.
/ u'-ku-le'-le /[Uku, a louse, and lele, to jump.]
1. A jumping uku; that is, a flea.
2. A musical instrument having four strings, played upon with the fingers, said to be so-called because of the leaping of the fingers on the strings.
ʻukulele
Flea (order Siphonaptera). Lit., jumping flea. (I Sam. 24:15.)
ʻūkulele
Ukulele. Lit., jumping flea.
‘ukulele
flea; small guitar.
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