talking drum

English

A talking drum.

Noun

talking drum (plural talking drums)

1. (music) Any of several drums whose pitch can be regulated by squeezing the sides.
   • 2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 209:

     Two men, bowed over, were beating a tune on hourglass-shaped talking drums.

Derived terms

• talking drummer

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳訊鼓 / 传讯鼓 (chuánxùngǔ)

• Finnish: viidakkorumpu (fi)

See also

• ntamani

Further reading

• talking drum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia