"Filimbi"
Translation:Whistle
March 26, 2017
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Noun
filimbi (n class, plural filimbi)
flute, fife (wind instrument)
Other musical instruments:
Noun
marimba (n class, plural marimba)
1) marimba
Etymology (ngoma)
From Proto-Bantu *ǹgòmà.
Noun
ngoma (n class, plural ngoma) or ngoma (ma class, plural magoma)
1) (music) drum
1) dance
Noun
pembe (n class, plural pembe)
1) horn (growth on the heads of certain animals)
2) tusk
3) horn (instrument)
4) wing (side of a building or army)
5) corner
Noun
siwa (ma class, plural masiwa)
1) A type of ceremonial horn made of ivory and brass or wood blown at weddings and other events.
Etymology (tarumbeta)
Borrowing from Portuguese trombeta.
Noun
tarumbeta (ma class, plural matarumbeta)
1) trumpet
From Wiktionary:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/filimbi
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:sw:Musical_instruments