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goombayn.  Brit.  /ɡʊmˈbeɪ/, U.S. /ɡʊmˈbeɪ/, Caribbean English /ɡʊmˈbeː/Origin: A borrowing from a Bantu language. Etymology: < a Bantu language (compare Kongo ngoma, Kimbundu ngoma drum, also used more widely to denote occasions where there is drumming and dancing; perhaps compare also Kongo nkumbi, denoting a slit drum, without a membrane, used in specific ceremonies).In use in West Africa (see sense 3b) apparently via Caribbean English; with this use compare Krio gumbe kind of narrative song. Compare also African French goumbé , denoting a kind of drum, a kind of music, and a dance (1935 or earlier). With sense 4 compare earlier Gombey n. and the discussion at that entry. Possible earlier evidence. Compare the following earlier passage, in which goombah apparently shows a distinct (and perhaps unrelated) use, either denoting a different instrument or conflating two separate instruments:1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica II. iii. iii. 423 The goombah, another of their musical instruments, is a hollow block of wood, covered with sheep-skin stripped of its hair. The musician holds a little stick, of about six inches in length, sharpened at one end like the blade of a knife, in each hand. With one hand he rakes it over a notched piece of wood, fixed across the instrument, the whole length, and crosses with the other alternately, using both with a brisk motion; whilst a second performer beats with all his might on the sheep-skin, or tabor. society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > other drums 1790 J. B. Moreton 155 An herring barrel or tub, with sheep-skins substituted for the heads, in imitation of a drum, called a gumbay. a1818 M. G. Lewis (1834) 322 The greatest part remained quietly in the negro houses beating the gumby-drum. 1873 20 Oct. Accompanying the tom-tom upon a goat-skin stretched over a cask known among them as the gumbay. 1918 G. W. Cable xxix. 192 When the goombay—a flour-barrel drum—sounded, the town knew the bamboula had begun. 1973 21 Sept. 3/1 They are intoxicated by the beat of the Goombay drums. 2000 31 Mar. 9 Featuring goombay drums, cowbells, whistles, conchshells, bicycle horns, costumed dancers and musicians, Junkanoo is one of the most intense and spiritual world carnivals. society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other dances > [noun] 1790 J. B. Moreton 158 To dance their gumbay, and in chorus sing. 1906 A. B. C. Sibthorpe (1970) 28 The all-ravishing dance of Freetown maidens is called a Koonken or Koonking by the settlers, by the Maroons a Talla; the mother of Goombay. ?1969 R. Butler (transcribed from song) Saturday night we're gonna dance and sway Shake my belly and do the goombay. 2017 @camthecomfort 28 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 27 Oct. 2020) Lol you wan goto an island and mad when ya gotta do island shit. Best bark couple coconut and dance the goombay. 3. 1932 26 Apr. 4/2 It may be good-bye rhumba, hello goombay! Blame the tourists! 1936 E. Dupuch 42 D' pleecemun hit off wun l'il goombay on d' drum. 1975 E. Dupuch in R. Allsopp (1996) 261/2 If you can sit still when a group of Bahamian musicians break into Goombay, it's time to take your pulse. 2000 S. Broughton et al. II. ii. 319/1 The rhythms associated with goombay and Junkanoo are pretty flexible. 1975 B. E. Harrell-Bond vii. 191 Music at these occasions is often played on a guitar accompanied by a triangle but sometimes by goombay drumming (goombay, however, is usually reserved for weddings). 1976 F. C. Steady in N. J. Hafkin & E. G. Bay 219 Caribbean and African influences are apparent in Creole architecture and music (gumbe). 2000 (Nexis) 17 Oct. e2/3 Some gumbe musicians borrow heavily from Congolese soukous or French Antillean zouk. 1971 7 May (advt.) The biggest surprise of all is how little it costs to come to Bahamas Goombay Summer! 2014 23 July 9 a (headline) Bahamian artists to showcase work at Goombay. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1790 |