bal·a·fon or bal·a·phone 
(bälə-fōn′)
(bälə-fōn′)n.
A large, usually pentatonic xylophone of West African origin, consisting of resonating gourds of graduated sizes under wooden bars which are struck with mallets.
[French balafon, from Maninka bala fɔ, to play the balafon (from bala, balafon + fɔ, to say, speak, play an instrument) or from a kindred source in another Mande language.]
- Indo-European root: bher-
- Indo-European root: bhergh-
- Indo-European root: bhergh-
- Indo-European root: bherəg-
- Indo-European root: bhes-
- Indo-European root: bheudh-
- Indo-European root: bheug-
- Indo-European root: bheuə-
- Indo-European root: bhleu-
- Indo-European root: bhlē-
- Indo-European root: bhoso-
- Indo-European root: bhreg-
- Indo-European root: bhreu-
- Indo-European root: bhrāter-
- Indo-European root: bhrū-
- Indo-European root: bhā-
- Indo-European root: bhā-
- Indo-European root: bhāghu-
- Indo-European root: bhāgo-
- Indo-European root: dail-
- Indo-European root: daiwer-
- Indo-European root: dakru-
- Indo-European root: de-
- Indo-European root: deik-
- Indo-European root: dek-