Jew's harp

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The word 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 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 dialectal gew-gaw, related to the Old Norse giga, compare modern Swedish giga, Danish gige, German Geige (“fiddle”). Others have suggested a connection with jaws, the synonym jaw harp may have therefore come first. Other theories point to French jeu-trompe (literally “toy-trumpet”), compare Jew's-trump.

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: trompie — musical instrument
• Southern Altai: комус (komus) — musical instrument
• Atayal: lubuw — musical instrument
• Atayal: lubux — musical instrument
• Bashkir: ҡумыҙ (qumıź) — musical instrument
• Basque: musugitarra — musical instrument
• Bulgarian: дръмбой (drǎmboj) — musical instrument
• Catalan: arpa de boca — musical instrument
• Catalan: guimbarda — musical instrument
• Chinese Mandarin: 口簧琴 (kǒuhuángqín) — musical instrument
• Chinese Mandarin: 口弦 (kǒuxián) — musical instrument
• Corsican: riberbula — musical instrument
• Czech: brumle — musical instrument
• Danish: jødeharpe — musical instrument
• Danish: mundharpe — musical instrument
• Dutch: mondharp — musical instrument
• Estonian: parmupill — musical instrument
• Finnish: munniharppu — musical instrument
• Finnish: suuharppu — musical instrument
• Finnish: märistysrauta — musical instrument
• French: guimbarde — musical instrument
• French: campurgne — musical instrument
• Galician: trompa — musical instrument
• Galician: berimbau — musical instrument
• German: Maultrommel — musical instrument
• German: Mundtrommel — musical instrument
• German: Maulgeige — musical instrument
• German: Brummeisen — musical instrument
• German: Judenharfe — musical instrument
• Hawaiian: ʻukeke — musical instrument
• Hebrew: נבל פה (nevel pe) — musical instrument
• White Hmong: rab ncas — musical instrument
• Hungarian: doromb — musical instrument
• Icelandic: gyðingaharpa — musical instrument
• Icelandic: kjálkaharpa — musical instrument
• Icelandic: munntromma — musical instrument
• Irish: trumpa — musical instrument
• Italian: scacciapensieri — musical instrument
• Binongan Itneg: kolibau — musical instrument
• Japanese: 口琴 (kōkin) — musical instrument
• Da'a Kaili: yori — musical instrument
• Ledo Kaili: yori — musical instrument
• Unde Kaili: yori — musical instrument
• Kankanaey: kupilan — musical instrument
• Kankanaey: abistung — musical instrument
• Kankanaey: abillaw — musical instrument
• Kankanaey: dawwiling — musical instrument
• Kannada: ಮೋರ್ಸಿಂಗ್ (mōrsiṅg) — musical instrument
• Kazakh: шаңқобыз (şañqobyz) — musical instrument
• Korean: 주즈하프 (jujeuhapeu) — musical instrument
• Latvian: vargāns — musical instrument
• Lithuanian: dambrelis — musical instrument
• Macedonian: дромбула (drombula) — musical instrument
• Maguindanao: kubing — musical instrument
• Maranao: kobing — musical instrument
• Mongolian: хэл хуур (xel xuur) — musical instrument
• Mongolian: аман хуур (aman xuur) — musical instrument
• Neapolitan: marranzano — musical instrument
• Norwegian Bokmål: munnharpe — musical instrument
• Norwegian Nynorsk: munnharpe — musical instrument
• Brooke's Point Palawano: aroding — musical instrument
• Central Palawano: aroding — musical instrument
• Southwest Palawano: aroding — musical instrument
• Persian: زنبورک (zanburak) — musical instrument
• Polabian: brącai̯kə — musical instrument
• Polish: drumla — musical instrument
• Portuguese: harpa de boca — musical instrument
• Portuguese: berimbau de boca — musical instrument
• Romanian: drâmbă — musical instrument
• Russian: варга́н (vargán) — musical instrument
• Russian: хомус (xomus) — musical instrument
• Serbo-Croatian: дромбуља — musical instrument
• Serbo-Croatian: брунда — musical instrument
• Serbo-Croatian: drombulja — musical instrument
• Serbo-Croatian: brunda — musical instrument
• Sicilian: marranzanu — musical instrument
• Sicilian: gangalarruni — musical instrument
• Sicilian: jancalarruni — musical instrument
• Slovak: drumbľa — musical instrument
• Slovene: dromlja — musical instrument
• Lower Sorbian: brumejza — musical instrument
• Spanish: arpa de boca — musical instrument
• Spanish: guimbarda — musical instrument
• Spanish: birimbao — musical instrument
• Spanish: torompe — musical instrument
• Swedish: mungiga — musical instrument
• Swedish: munharpa — musical instrument
• Tagalog: birimbaw — musical instrument
• Tamil: மோர்சிங் (mōrciṅ) — musical instrument
• Toraja-Sa'dan: karombi — musical instrument
• Turkish: ağız kopuzu — musical instrument
• Tuvan: хомус (xomus) — musical instrument
• Ukrainian: дримба (drymba) — musical instrument
• Ukrainian: варґа́н (vargán) — musical instrument
• Unami: tëlëmp — musical instrument
• Vietnamese: đàn môi — musical instrument
• Volapük: mudatrum — musical instrument
• Welsh: sturmant — musical instrument
• Wolio: ore-ore mbondu — musical instrument
• Wolio: ore Ngkale — musical instrument
• Yakan: kulaing — musical instrument
• Yakut: хомус (qomus) — musical instrument