The origin of the name ukulele

The origin of the name: It comes from the story of two famous local families "GabrielDavian" and judge "W.L.Wilcox" in early Hawaii. Once Gabrielle was going to attend the wedding reception of Witkey's new home in Cahill, and she brought her own ukulele. When people were curious about the name of this cute little instrument, Gabriel replied, "JumpingFlea" and asked Wake, who is proficient in Hawaiian, how to translate it. Wei Dui replied: "ukulele".

Historical origin: 1879, Portuguese professional craftsmen and musical instrument producers ManuelNunes, JoaoFernandes and AugustineDias came to the Hawaiian Islands. As immigrants, they invented and developed the guzheng in their hometown while working in sugarcane fields. Hawaiians are not only surprised by the beautiful timbre of this piano, but also by the rapid movement of the player's fingers on the fingerboard.

From then on, Hawaiians called this piano You Creary, which means "jumping flea". Whatever the true story behind ukulele, it became the most popular musical instrument in Hawaii. This is mainly due to the three craftsmen mentioned above.

Ukulele, Hawaiian mini guitar, is generally translated into ukulele in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and is generally called ukulele in Chinese mainland. It is a four-string Hawaiian plucked instrument, invented in Portugal and prevailing in Hawaii, belonging to the family of guitar instruments.

Chinese name: Hawaiian mini guitar

Transliteration name: ukulele, ukulele

English name: ukulele means "gift coming" in Hawaiian language of Creary-uku (gift), lele (arrival), pronounced: {oo-koo-ley-ley}19th century, Portuguese immigrants came to Hawaii with Creary, which became a similar small-scale place.