Ukulele Definition

yo͝okəlālē
ukuleles
noun
ukuleles
A small, four-stringed, guitarlike musical instrument introduced from Portugal into the Hawaiian Islands about 1879
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
ukulele
Plural:
ukuleles

Origin of Ukulele

  • Hawaiian ‘ukulele probably from ‘uku lele jumping flea (perhaps in reference to the movement of the fingers when playing the instrument) ‘uku louse, flea (from Proto-Polynesian kutu louse) lele to fly, jump (from Proto-Polynesian lele)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Hawaiian Ê»ukulele, from Ê»uku (“flea") + lele (“jump, jumping")

    From Wiktionary

Ukulele Sentence Examples

  • In addition to singing, she also plays the piano and ukulele.

  • But I had a little ukulele in there, so I got to write a lot of songs!

  • The singer uses the Japanese folk style playing the ukulele, more info on her cna be obtained here at JVC Music.

  • This was just him and his voice, no banjo ukulele or guitar.

  • Sometimes musicians will call me if they have a gig, and I'll come sit in with them on mandolin, banjo, guitar, bass, ukulele, whatever - anything with strings.

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Words Starting With

UUKUKU

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