Etymology

komabue

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Today it means: A kind of transverse flute made out of bamboo from Japan. Full definition →

Japanese 高麗笛
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from高麗笛
  2. English todaykomabue

Borrowed from Japanese 高麗笛 (komabue).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.