Etymology

mbira

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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 →

Shona mbira
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  1. Shona · borrowed frommbira
  2. Shona · borrowed frommbira
  3. English todaymbira

Borrowed from Shona mbira (“thumb piano”).

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