Jew's harp

English vertical JewsHarpCivilWar.jpg Jew's harp Jew's harp.jpg A modern jew's harp Alternative forms en Variant spellings jewsharp jewes harp en Jewes-harp (dated) en Jewes harp (dated) jew harp Jews'-harp Jews' harp jews'-harp Jew's-harp Jews harp jew's harp jews harp jews-harp Jews-harp juice harp jaw harp jaw's harp jaws harp jaws' harp Jaws'-harp jaws-harp Jaws-harp jew's-harp Etymology The word en harp is often applied to a wide variety of instruments in English, including many (such as this one) that are not "harps" in the most specific sense. The origin of en Jew's is uncertain: it is widely accepted that the instrument has no musicological or etymological connection with Jews and the word was capitalized due to the mistaken belief in a connection. Some have connected it to the Cleveland, England Cleveland dialectal en gew-gaw, related to the non giga, compare modern sv giga, da gige, de Geige fiddle.https://books.google.com/?id=fXrlvr_kPXwC&pg=PA195 195 Folk-Etymology Abram Smythe Palmer 1882 Others have suggested a connection with en jaws,2014 https://books.google.com/?id=SaMxBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA19 Inner Asia and the Spatial Politics of Empire William Honeychurch 19 the synonym en jaw harp may have therefore come first. Other theories point to fr jeu-trompe toy-trumpet,1858 Timbs John https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_oNIDAAAAQAAJ/page/n72/mode/1up 61 Things not generally Known. Popular Errors Explained and Illustrated compare en Jew's-trump. Pronunciation en en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jew's harp.wav Southern England Noun A musical instrument consisting of a thin flexible en reed music mounted in a stiff crescent frame. The narrow end of the frame is held between the teeth and the reed is plucked to produce a note of constant pitch. Melodies and overtones are created by changing the shape of the oral cavity. en Sketches of Life and Character The lad, his son, had obtained a Jew's-harp, and learned to play upon it the profane airs of "Yankee Doodle," "Hail Columbia," "St. Patrick's Day," and "Auld Lang Syne." 1850 T. S. Arthur 70 Timothy Shay Arthur https://books.google.com/?id=mB0tAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA70 Deacon Smith and his Violin 1087079145 J. W. Bradley Philadelphia https://books.google.com/?id=mB0tAAAAYAAJ The Adventure of the Empty House “Because I recognized their sentinel when I glanced out of my window. He is a harmless enough fellow, Parker by name, a garroter by trade, and a remarkable performer upon the jew’s-harp. Synonyms en guimbarde en mouth harp en mouth organ en Jew's-trump and en trump en Judaic harp Hyponyms en lamellophone en plucked idiophone Comeronyms en dan moi en kouxian en kubing en morsing Derived terms en Jew's harpist Translations musical instrument Afrikaans: af trompie Altai: Southern Altai: alt комус Atayal: tay lubuw, tay lubux Bashkir: ba ҡумыҙ Basque: eu musugitarra Bulgarian: bg дръмбой m Catalan: ca arpa de boca f, ca guimbarda f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 口簧琴 kǒuhuángqín, cmn 口弦 kǒuxián Corsican: co riberbula f Czech: cs brumle f Danish: da jødeharpe c, da mundharpe c Dutch: nl mondharp f Estonian: et parmupill Finnish: fi munniharppu, fi suuharppu, fi märistysrauta French: fr guimbarde f, fr campurgne f Galician: gl trompa f, gl berimbau m German: de Maultrommel f, de Mundtrommel f, de Maulgeige f, de Brummeisen n, de Judenharfe f Hawaiian: haw ʻukeke Hebrew: he נבל פה nevel pe Hmong: White Hmong: mww rab ncas Hungarian: hu doromb Icelandic: is gyðingaharpa f, is kjálkaharpa f, is munntromma f Iranun: ill Irish: ga trumpa Italian: it scacciapensieri Itneg: Binongan Itneg: itb kolibau Japanese: ja 口琴 kōkin Kaili: Da'a Kaili: kzf yori Ledo Kaili: lew yori Unde Kaili: unz yori Kankanaey: kne kupilan, kne abistung, kne abillaw, kne dawwiling Kannada: kn ಮೋರ್ಸಿಂಗ್ Kazakh: kk шаңқобыз Korean: ko 주즈하프 Latvian: lv vargāns Lithuanian: lt dambrelis Macedonian: mk дромбула f Maguindanao: mdh kubing Maranao: mrw kobing Mongolian: mn хэл хуур, mn аман хуур Neapolitan: nap marranzano m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb munnharpe m f Nynorsk: nn munnharpe f Palawano: Brooke's Point Palawano: plw aroding Central Palawano: plc aroding Southwest Palawano: plv aroding Persian: fa زنبورک zanburak Polabian: pox brącai̯kə f Polish: pl drumla f Portuguese: pt harpa de boca f, pt berimbau de boca m Romanian: ro drâmbă f Russian: ru варга́н m, ru хомус m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh дромбуља f, sh брунда f Latin: sh drombulja f, sh brunda f Sicilian: scn marranzanu m, scn gangalarruni m, scn jancalarruni m Slovak: sk drumbľa f Slovene: sl dromlja f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb brumejza f Spanish: es arpa de boca f, es guimbarda f, es birimbao m, es arpa de boca f, es torompe m Argentina Chile Swedish: sv mungiga c, sv munharpa c Tagalog: tl birimbaw Tamil: ta மோர்சிங் Toraja-Sa'dan: sda karombi Turkish: tr ağız kopuzu Tuvan: tyv хомус Ukrainian: uk дримба f, uk варґа́н m Unami: unm tëlëmp Vietnamese: vi đàn môi Volapük: vo mudatrum Welsh: cy sturmant Wolio: wlo ore-ore mbondu, wlo ore Ngkale Yakan: yka kulaing Yakut: sah хомус References Anagrams en aehjprsw jew harps en Musical instruments