| 释义 |
ukeke|uːˈkeɪkeɪ|
[a. Hawaiian ‘ūkēkē.]
A Hawaiian stringed instrument consisting of a strip of wood with two or three strings that are played with the fingers and mouth.
1891W. D. Alexander Brief Hist. Hawaiian People xiv. 91 The ukeke was a strip of flexible wood or bamboo, mounted with two or three strings of olona or of cocoanut fiber. 1970Western Folklore XXIX. 239 The guitar was introduced [into Polynesia]..in 1879 by Portuguese immigrants, the only native stringed instrument being the two- or three-stringed ukeke, which was never played with a slider. 1980New Grove Dict. Mus. XIX. 323/2 There is no string instrument native to Hawaii other than the ukeke, a musical bow. |