malimba

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noun

An African musical instrument of the mbira kind.

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Meanings

nounmalimba (plural malimbas)

plural malimbas

  1. An African musical instrument of the mbira kind.

    In some songs of the Wakisi and in tunings of the malimba lamellophone, such as we recorded at Lupingu, the notes plainly correspond […]

    2010, Gerhard Kubik, Theory of African Music, Volume I, page 184

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Mambila
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