different between ukulele vs timple

English

Alternative forms

• eukaleli, ukelele (obsolete)
• ukalele (rare)
• ?ukulele

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian ?ukulele, from ?uku (“flea”) + lele (“jump, jumping”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ju?.k?.?le?.li/
• (Standard Hawaiian English) IPA^(key): /??uku?l?l?/
• Rhymes: -e?li

Noun

ukulele (plural ukuleles)

1. (music) A small four-stringed guitar.

Derived terms

• uke
• ukulelist

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

Hawaiian

Noun

ukulele

1. (music) ukulele

Declension

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• uculele (rare)
• ukelele, uquelele

Noun

ukulele m (plural ukuleles)

1. (music) ukulele (small Hawaiian four-stringed guitar)

Swedish

Etymology

From Hawaiian ?ukulele

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??le?l?/

Noun

ukulele c

1. (music) ukulele

Declension

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?mp?l

Noun

timple (plural timples)

1. A traditional musical instrument of the Canary Islands and Murcia, having four or more commonly five strings, and similar in size to a ukulele but with a distinctive semi-round back.

Anagrams

• limpet