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ʻukulele

kikino ｜ noun / 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.

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ukulele

kikino ｜ noun Eng to Haw, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

ʻUkulele.

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ʻukulele

kikino ｜ noun / ʻuku•lele / Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Ukulele.

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ukulele

kikino ｜ noun Eng to Haw, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, ʻUkulele.

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U-KU-LE-LE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Uku and lele, to jump. A flea. 1 Sam. 24:15.

Ukulele (u'-ku-le'-le), n.

/ u'-ku-le'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[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

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

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

ʻūkulele

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Ukulele. Lit., jumping flea.

‘ukulele

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

flea; small guitar.

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