agida

English

Etymology 1

Noun

agida (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of agita

Etymology 2

Noun

agida (plural agidas)

1. A large drum used for ceremonial music in Surinam.
   • 1967, Joseph H. Howard, Drums in the Americas:

     Wedges are used to tense the skin, and the agida is placed on the ground lengthwise for playing.

Etymology 3

Noun

agida (plural agidas)

1. A curved drumstick used in Haiti.
   • 2016, Alfred Métraux, Voodoo in Haiti:

     The person who beats the ségond remains seated with the instrument held firmly between his legs, striking it either with his left or right hand and a forked stick or a small bow (agida) held in the free hand.

Anagrams

• gaida

Portuguese

Participle

agida f sg

1. feminine singular of agido

Spanish

Participle

agida f sg

1. feminine singular of agido

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Ewe adzidá (“drum”), Fon àgiɖá (“drumstick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡida/, [ˈa̠ɟida̠], [ˈɑ̟jidɑ̟]

Noun

agida

1. (music) agida (a conical bass drum two to three metres long and 40-50 centimetres in diameter, the sound of which resonates in the ground and is used in the Afro-Surinamese Winti religion to communicate with snake gods; it is played with both hands, with the player using a drumstick in one hand)
   • 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎^[1], New York: Columbia University Press, page 240:

     Miɛ̮-go pre A - gi - da tɛ - dei̯ / Miɛ̮ - go pre A - gi - da tɛ - dei̯ / Kop-si pur' 'a wi - si / fo ka - ka a ba - ro / Miɛ̮- go pre A-gi - da tɛ - dei

     [Mi e go prei agida tide / Mi e go prei agida tide / Kopsi puru a wisi / fu kaka a bari-o / Mi e go prei agida tide]

     I will play the agida today / I will play the agida today / Kopsi will remove the evil magic / That the cock may crow, oh! / I will play the agida today