The story
- Kimbundu · derived frommadimba
- Portuguese · borrowed frommarimba
- English todaymarimba
Borrowed from Portuguese marimba, from Kimbundu madimba, plural of dimba.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
marimba
marim·baToday it means: A percussion instrument with African origins, similar to a xylophone with resonators, but much lower in range and darker in timbre. Full definition →
Portuguese marimba ← Kimbundu madimba