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RE: Help with a project

nahqun ([email protected])

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• Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:08:18 -0700 (PDT)
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jatlh Voragh:

I'm told that a ukulele is named for the flea-like jumping movement of the player's fingers.  The Hawaiian word for flea is *'uku lele* "jumping bug" -- which is the origin of the pun: {Sup} "jump" (v.) + {ghew} "bug" (n.)

From "Hawaiian Dictionary" Puki & Elbert 1986:
'uku.lele. n. Ukulele. /Lit.,/ leaping flea, probably from the Hawaiian-nickname of Edward Purvis, who was small and quick and popularized the instrument brought to Hawai'i by the Portuguese in 1879.

~naHQun

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