Hawaii is also known as the guitar but actually brought Portuguese migrants to Hawaii. The name used in Portugal is Cavaquinho.

The meaning of Ukulele is "Hopping Pirae" in Hawaiian. The reading is "uku-ley-le". It is also used as "uke" (shake) in short.

Telleri is listed as G C E A (left do mi la). The sound is tuned to a higher octave. For example in G (left) wire G3 in the groove this wire is converted to G4 wire in ukulele.