# ukulele
## English
### Alternative forms

* eukaleli, ukelele (obsolete)
* ukalele (rare)
* ʻukulele

### Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻukulele, from ʻuku (“flea”) + lele (“jump, jumping”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /juː.kəˈleɪ.li/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (Standard Hawaiian English) IPA: /ˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ/
* Rhymes: -eɪli
* Hyphenation: u‧ku‧le‧le

### Noun

ukulele (plural ukuleles)
* A small four-stringed guitar.

#### Derived terms

* banjolele
* banjo ukulele
* guitalele
* uke
* ukelin
* ukulelelike
* ukulelist

#### Descendants

* → Czech: ukulele
* → German: Ukulele
* → Portuguese: uquelele, (unadapted form) ukelele, uculele, (unadapted form) ukulele

#### Translations
## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from English ukulele.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈukulɛlɛ]
* Hyphenation: uku‧le‧le

### Noun

ukulele n or f
* (music) ukulele

#### Declension

when feminine:
Indeclinable when neuter.

### Further reading

* “ukulele”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “ukulele”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Finnish
### Etymology

Hawaiian ʻukulele

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈukulele/, [ˈukuˌle̞le̞]
* Rhymes: -ele
* Hyphenation: uku‧le‧le

### Noun

ukulele
* (music) ukulele

#### Declension

Possessive forms of ukulele (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ukuleleni
ukuleleni
accusative
nom.
ukuleleni
ukuleleni
gen.
ukuleleni
genitive
ukuleleni
ukulelejeni ukuleleini $^{rare}$
partitive
ukuleleani
ukulelejani
inessive
ukulelessani
ukuleleissani
elative
ukulelestani
ukuleleistani
illative
ukuleleeni
ukuleleihini
adessive
ukulelellani
ukuleleillani
ablative
ukuleleltani
ukuleleiltani
allative
ukulelelleni
ukuleleilleni
essive
ukulelenani
ukuleleinani
translative
ukulelekseni
ukuleleikseni
abessive
ukulelettani
ukuleleittani
instructive
comitative
—ukuleleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ukulelesi
ukulelesi
accusative
nom.
ukulelesi
ukulelesi
gen.
ukulelesi
genitive
ukulelesi
ukulelejesi ukuleleisi $^{rare}$
partitive
ukuleleasi
ukulelejasi
inessive
ukulelessasi
ukuleleissasi
elative
ukulelestasi
ukuleleistasi
illative
ukuleleesi
ukuleleihisi
adessive
ukulelellasi
ukuleleillasi
ablative
ukuleleltasi
ukuleleiltasi
allative
ukulelellesi
ukuleleillesi
essive
ukulelenasi
ukuleleinasi
translative
ukuleleksesi
ukuleleiksesi
abessive
ukulelettasi
ukuleleittasi
instructive
comitative
—ukuleleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ukulelemme
ukulelemme
accusative
nom.
ukulelemme
ukulelemme
gen.
ukulelemme
genitive
ukulelemme
ukulelejemme ukuleleimme $^{rare}$
partitive
ukuleleamme
ukulelejamme
inessive
ukulelessamme
ukuleleissamme
elative
ukulelestamme
ukuleleistamme
illative
ukuleleemme
ukuleleihimme
adessive
ukulelellamme
ukuleleillamme
ablative
ukuleleltamme
ukuleleiltamme
allative
ukulelellemme
ukuleleillemme
essive
ukulelenamme
ukuleleinamme
translative
ukuleleksemme
ukuleleiksemme
abessive
ukulelettamme
ukuleleittamme
instructive
comitative
—ukuleleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ukulelenne
ukulelenne
accusative
nom.
ukulelenne
ukulelenne
gen.
ukulelenne
genitive
ukulelenne
ukulelejenne ukuleleinne $^{rare}$
partitive
ukuleleanne
ukulelejanne
inessive
ukulelessanne
ukuleleissanne
elative
ukulelestanne
ukuleleistanne
illative
ukuleleenne
ukuleleihinne
adessive
ukulelellanne
ukuleleillanne
ablative
ukuleleltanne
ukuleleiltanne
allative
ukulelellenne
ukuleleillenne
essive
ukulelenanne
ukuleleinanne
translative
ukuleleksenne
ukuleleiksenne
abessive
ukulelettanne
ukuleleittanne
instructive
comitative
—ukuleleinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ukulelensa
ukulelensa
accusative
nom.
ukulelensa
ukulelensa
gen.
ukulelensa
genitive
ukulelensa
ukulelejensa ukuleleinsa $^{rare}$
partitive
ukuleleaan ukuleleansa
ukulelejaan ukulelejansa
inessive
ukulelessaan ukulelessansa
ukuleleissaan ukuleleissansa
elative
ukulelestaan ukulelestansa
ukuleleistaan ukuleleistansa
illative
ukuleleensa
ukuleleihinsa
adessive
ukulelellaan ukulelellansa
ukuleleillaan ukuleleillansa
ablative
ukuleleltaan ukuleleltansa
ukuleleiltaan ukuleleiltansa
allative
ukulelelleen ukulelellensa
ukuleleilleen ukuleleillensa
essive
ukulelenaan ukulelenansa
ukuleleinaan ukuleleinansa
translative
ukulelekseen ukuleleksensa
ukuleleikseen ukuleleiksensa
abessive
ukulelettaan ukulelettansa
ukuleleittaan ukuleleittansa
instructive
comitative
—ukuleleineen ukuleleinensa :

#### Derived terms

* baritoniukulele
* konserttiukulele
* sopraanoukulele
* tenoriukulele

### Further reading

* “ukulele”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻukulele.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /u.kuˈlɛ.lɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛlɛ
* Syllabification: u‧ku‧le‧le

### Noun

ukulele n (indeclinable)
* ukulele (small four-stringed guitar)

### Further reading

* ukulele in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* ukulele in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ukulele.

### Noun

ukulele m (plural ukuleles)
* Alternative spelling of uculele

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Hawaiian ʻukulele.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɵkɵˈleːlɛ/

### Noun

ukulele c
* (music) ukulele

#### Declension
### References

* ukulele in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* ukulele in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* ukulele in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)