Musical Instrument Or Term

[RomeoGolf]

Hawaiian jumping flea? The answer will be a musical term or instrument.

[Sam1960]

ukulele

[mac44]

Ukulele

[Ouzel]

Ukulele

[RomeoGolf]

Thank you everyone.

[Sam1960]

you're welcome

[Peter Pedant]

someone please explain

hawaiian instrument - ukelele

but jumping flea ? is it because the Latin for flea is pulex, and that sort of gives ule-ule and you add a 'k' because it is near the 'j' of jump ?

[shoota]

ukulele (ˌjuːkəˈleɪlɪ) or ukelele
n
1. (Instruments) a small four-stringed guitar, esp of Hawaii

[C19: from Hawaiian, literally: jumping flea, from `uku flea + lele jumping]

[kettledrum]

It's a Hawaiian word, meaning 'jumping flea'.

[elliemay1]

Ukulele - "The Jumping Flea" | Take Note
By Brendan Lai-Tong. There is something about playing the ukulele that is innately fun and rewarding. If you didn't already know, the sweet sound of this four stringed instrument has been around since the 1800s and originated in Hawaii.

blog.sheetmusicplus.com/2013/02/27/ukulele/ More from blog.sheetmusicplus.com

[elliemay1]

^Didn't send that link properly!

[mac44]

u·ku·le·le or u·ke·le·le (yo̅o̅′kə-lā′lē, o̅o̅′kə-)
n.
A small four-stringed guitar popularized in Hawaii.
[Hawaiian 'ukulele : 'uku, flea + lele, jumping.]
Regional Note: The word ukulele is one of a small stock of Polynesian borrowings into American English. Other Hawaiian words now common in American English are aloha (a greeting or farewell) and luau (an outdoor picnic usually featuring a whole barbecued pig). Haole, a word common in Hawaii itself but not well known on the American mainland, is the Hawaiian word for a white person.

[Peter Pedant]

Thanks all - o Gd I thought ukelele was H for er musical instrument.....durrr