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- Spanish · borrowed fromtimple
- English todaytimple
Borrowed from Spanish timple, from tiple, of uncertain etymology.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
timple
Today it means: A traditional musical instrument of the Canary Islands and Murcia, having four or more commonly five strings, and similar in size to a ukulele but with a distinctive semi-round back. Full definition →
Spanish timple