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adufe

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English

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Etymology

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From Portuguese adufe.

Noun

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adufe (plural adufes)

  1. A traditional square tambourine, found in Portugal and elsewhere, of Moorish origin.
    • 1999, Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo, World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 227:
      A feature of Beira Baixa music, and found elsewhere too, is the adufe.
    • 2005, Sergio Navarrete Pellicer, Maya Achi Marimba Music in Guatemala with CD (Audio), Temple University Press, →ISBN, page 100:
      [...] we can identify the following rhythmic sesquialtera pattern in the melody played on the violin and the adufe drum, which make the connection ...
    • 2012, Matt Dean, The Drum: A History, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 28:
      The adufe is also found in Egypt. This double-headed square frame drum, which is roughly the same size as the tar, may have bells attached inside the drum for varying timbres.

Galician

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Adufes

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adufe, from Arabic الدُّفّ (ad-duff, tambourine), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯 (dp /⁠dap⁠/, daf), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, tablet). Compare Portuguese adufe.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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adufe m (plural adufes)

  1. (music) kind of squared tambourine of Arab origin
    Synonym: pandeiro
    • 1753, Diego Antonio Cernadas y Castro, Mingotiña, si está alá:
      Falas como nun Cortello
      è ainda hà de aver un estrozo,
      pois sin ver que o fol è mozo,
      dàs nel como nun fol vello:
      ay Mingota eu chè aconsello,
      non fagas con que se atufe,
      librenos Dios de que bufe,
      por que si colle un fumeiro
      en boas mans està ô Pandeiro
      para quentarche ô adufe.
      You speak as a stable,
      and yet there will be a wreck,
      because, don't seeing that the bag is young,
      you hit it as if it was old:
      oh, Mingota, I recommend that you
      don't anger him,
      God save us from him seething,
      because if he grabs a club
      the tambourine is in good hands
      for heating your adufe drum

Derived terms

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References

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic الدُّفّ (ad-duff, tambourine), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯 (dp /⁠dap⁠/, daf), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, tablet).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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adufe m (plural adufes)

  1. (music) a traditional square tambourine of Moorish origin

Descendants

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  • Galician: adufe
  • Portuguese: adufe, adufo

Further reading

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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adufes

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adufe, from Arabic الدُّفّ (ad-duff, tambourine), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯 (dp /⁠dap⁠/, daf), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, tablet). Compare Galician adufe.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: a‧du‧fe

Noun

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adufe m (plural adufes)

  1. (music) a traditional square tambourine of Moorish origin