mbilan.

Brit.

/(ə)mˈbiːlə/, U.S.

/(ə)mˈbilə/

Origin: A borrowing from Venda. Etymon: Venda mbila.

Etymology: < Venda mbila (plural dzimbila).Compare mbira n.

Any of various types of African xylophone with wooden keys and hollow gourd resonators.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > xylophone > other xylophone types

ballarda1382

ballards1623

sticcado1776

balafon1797

straw-fiddle1867

mbila1928

gamelan1934

mbira1948

1928 G. P. Lestrade in A. M. Duggan-Cronin Bantu Tribes S. Afr. I. i. Plate 15 The mbila, the finest and most perfect of the Venda musical instruments, consists of a number of carved wooden slabs of from three to four inches wide and of various thicknesses, which are beaten with india-rubber hammers by one or two players.

1931 H. A. Stayt Bavenda 320 Players of the mbila are becoming increasingly rare; formerly every chief had a player in his village.

1934 P. R. Kirby Mus. Instruments Native Races S. Afr. iii. 52 The old maker of my own specimen reduced the price..because, as he said, I was a mbila player.

1964 S. Marcuse Musical Instruments 335/1 The mbila has resonator gourds with spider-web membrane covering a small hole bored in each one, a mirliton device.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mbila
释义	mbilan. Brit. /(ə)mˈbiːlə/, U.S. /(ə)mˈbilə/ Origin: A borrowing from Venda. Etymon: Venda mbila. Etymology: < Venda mbila (plural dzimbila).Compare mbira n. Any of various types of African xylophone with wooden keys and hollow gourd resonators. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > xylophone > other xylophone types ballarda1382 ballards1623 sticcado1776 balafon1797 straw-fiddle1867 mbila1928 gamelan1934 mbira1948 mbira1948 1928 G. P. Lestrade in A. M. Duggan-Cronin Bantu Tribes S. Afr. I. i. Plate 15 The mbila, the finest and most perfect of the Venda musical instruments, consists of a number of carved wooden slabs of from three to four inches wide and of various thicknesses, which are beaten with india-rubber hammers by one or two players. 1931 H. A. Stayt Bavenda 320 Players of the mbila are becoming increasingly rare; formerly every chief had a player in his village. 1934 P. R. Kirby Mus. Instruments Native Races S. Afr. iii. 52 The old maker of my own specimen reduced the price..because, as he said, I was a mbila player. 1964 S. Marcuse Musical Instruments 335/1 The mbila has resonator gourds with spider-web membrane covering a small hole bored in each one, a mirliton device. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1928
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