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- Shona · borrowed frommbira
- Shona · borrowed frommbira
- English todaymbira
Borrowed from Shona mbira (“thumb piano”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A thumb piano, a musical instrument having a small sound box fitted with a row of tuned tabs that are plucked with the thumbs, originating among the Shona of southern Africa; any type of plucked lamellophone of the same type as the Shona instrument. Full definition →
Borrowed from Shona mbira (“thumb piano”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.