likemben.

Brit.

/lɪˈkɛmbeɪ/, U.S.

/lᵻˈkɛmˌbeɪ/

Forms: 1900s– likembe, 1900s– likembi.

Origin: A borrowing from Lingala. Etymon: Lingala likembé.

Etymology: < Lingala likembé < li-, singular class prefix + -kembé, the name of the instrument.

Any of various musical instruments originating in sub-Saharan Africa, consisting of a board, box, or bowl held in the hands, with a series of metal or bamboo tongues attached to it, which are plucked by the thumbs and forefingers.Typically the longest tongue is in the centre with successively shorter ones arranged alternately on either side.Instruments of this kind are known by a variety of names in different parts of Africa: see, e.g., mbira n., marimba n. 2, kalimba n.; likembe is used in areas of Central, East, and Southern Africa, esp. the Democratic Republic of Congo. European names include thumb piano (see thumb n. Compounds 5) and sansa (sansa n.).

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ambira1625

marimba1856

sansa1864

marimbula1931

likembe1948

mbira1948

thumb piano1952

lamellophone1953

rumba box1953

kalimba1968

1948 T. Marvel New Congo iii. xii. 280 No sound heard save..the humming lament of a homesick crew-boy twanging his likembe in the darkness.

1951 Afr. Music Soc. Newslet. No. 4. 45 We were shown and recorded the music of a couple of dances and one or two Likembe (Mbira) tunes.

1991 P. Sweeney Director World Music 57 Angolan music has similarities with that of Zaire to the north, including a basis of likembe thumb-piano melodies.

2015 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 21 Aug. r5 It is a masterpiece of production: leaping voices, distant spirits, taut bass, ringing cymbals, the circling riff of Konono No. 1's amplified likembé.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	likembe
释义	likemben. Brit. /lɪˈkɛmbeɪ/, U.S. /lᵻˈkɛmˌbeɪ/ Forms: 1900s– likembe, 1900s– likembi. Origin: A borrowing from Lingala. Etymon: Lingala likembé. Etymology: < Lingala likembé < li-, singular class prefix + -kembé, the name of the instrument. Any of various musical instruments originating in sub-Saharan Africa, consisting of a board, box, or bowl held in the hands, with a series of metal or bamboo tongues attached to it, which are plucked by the thumbs and forefingers.Typically the longest tongue is in the centre with successively shorter ones arranged alternately on either side.Instruments of this kind are known by a variety of names in different parts of Africa: see, e.g., mbira n., marimba n. 2, kalimba n.; likembe is used in areas of Central, East, and Southern Africa, esp. the Democratic Republic of Congo. European names include thumb piano (see thumb n. Compounds 5) and sansa (sansa n.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > other musical instruments > [noun] > sansa ambira1625 marimba1856 sansa1864 marimbula1931 likembe1948 mbira1948 thumb piano1952 lamellophone1953 rumba box1953 kalimba1968 1948 T. Marvel New Congo iii. xii. 280 No sound heard save..the humming lament of a homesick crew-boy twanging his likembe in the darkness. 1951 Afr. Music Soc. Newslet. No. 4. 45 We were shown and recorded the music of a couple of dances and one or two Likembe (Mbira) tunes. 1991 P. Sweeney Director World Music 57 Angolan music has similarities with that of Zaire to the north, including a basis of likembe thumb-piano melodies. 2015 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 21 Aug. r5 It is a masterpiece of production: leaping voices, distant spirits, taut bass, ringing cymbals, the circling riff of Konono No. 1's amplified likembé. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1948
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