- ukulele
- The Hawaiian guitar has a Hawaiian name meaning literally 'jumping flea,' from uku, 'flea,' and lele, 'jumping.' The reference is presumably to the nimble action of the player's fingers.
The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins. 2013.
ukulele
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ukulele — Ukulele … English-Hawaiian dictionary
Ukulele — Ukulélé Des problèmes pour écouter le fichier ? Aidez moi Un ukulélé hawaiien de la forme originelle, datant de la première moitié du vingtième siècle Le ukulélé est un instrument à cordes pincées traditionnel des îles Hawaii, proche du… … Wikipédia en Français
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ukulele — UKULÉLE s.n. Chitară de dimensiuni reduse, cu patru coarde, originară din insulele Hawaii, folosită în formaţiile de jaz din New Orleans. [< engl. ukulele < cuv. polinezian]. Trimis de oprocopiuc, 26.06.2005. Sursa: DN UKULÉLE… … Dicționar Român
ukulele — (n.) 1896, from Hawaiian ukulele, lit. leaping flea, from uku louse, flea + lele to fly, jump, leap. So called from the rapid motion of the fingers in playing it. It developed from a Portuguese instrument introduced to the islands c.1879 … Etymology dictionary
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ukulele — ► NOUN ▪ a small four stringed guitar of Hawaiian origin. ORIGIN Hawaiian, jumping flea … English terms dictionary
ukulele — ☆ ukulele [yo͞okyo͞o΄kə lā′lē ] n. [Haw, lit., leaping flea < uku, flea (< Proto Polynesian * kutu > COOTIE) + lele, to jump: orig. a nickname of Edward Purvis, nimble player who popularized the instrument there] a small, four stringed,… … English World dictionary
Ukulélé — Fichier audio Hene, un morceau de Henry Kailimai (info) … Wikipédia en Français
Ukulele — Martin 3K Professional Ukulele String instrument Classification String instrument (plucked, nylon stringed instrument usually played with the bare thumb and/or fingertips, or a felt pick.) … Wikipedia
Ukulele — Vorlage:Infobox Musikinstrument/Wartung/Parameter Klangbeispiel fehlt Ukulele englisch ukulele, französisch Ukulélé … Deutsch Wikipedia
