Re: Portuguese guitar ?
We all are - in Hawaiian. The Hawaiian word for "mandolin" is "kika pukiki," if I recall correctly, or, literally, "Portuguese guitar." I found this out riffling through the paperback Hawaiian-English dictionary I found in our library. I assume the mandolin was introduced to islanders by Portuguese sailors during the Age Of Exploration.
Ahem.
As you were ...
OMG! It does look as though I droned on at length on this subject a few years back. History does repeat itself - or you can link to it.
Last edited by journeybear; Jan-05-2015 at 11:52pm.
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