Likembe

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A musical instrument found in sub-Saharan Africa; a kind of lamellophone.

    "One of the lesser pygmies had a small musical instrument in his lap, a hollowed-out box affair with small strips of metal set across a bar on top which, if I remember right, is called a "Likembe.""

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"One of the lesser pygmies had a small musical instrument in his lap, a hollowed-out box affair with small strips of metal set across a bar on top which, if I remember right, is called a "Likembe.""

Etymology

Borrowed from Lingala likembé, from li- + kembé.

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musical instrument

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