mbiran.

Brit.

/(ə)mˈbɪərə/, U.S.

/(ə)mˈbɪrə/

Origin: A borrowing from Shona. Etymon: Shona mbira.

Etymology: < Shona mbira, of uncertain origin (compare note at marimba n.). Compare also the related ambira n.

1. = mbila n.

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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

1948 Newslet. Afr. Music Soc. No. 1. 20 We met a group of musicians, six mbira players... Mr. Tracey got three of the mbiras to be played without their gourd resonators and the other three to be played with resonators.

2. Any of several small hand-held musical instruments of southern Africa, consisting of a series of wooden or metal keys attached to a resonator, with one end of each key free to be plucked with the thumb and forefingers. Cf. sansa n.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > other musical instruments > [noun] > sansa

ambira1625

marimba1856

sansa1864

marimbula1931

likembe1948

mbira1948

thumb piano1952

lamellophone1953

rumba box1953

kalimba1968

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

ballarda1382

ballards1623

sticcado1776

balafon1797

straw-fiddle1867

mbila1928

gamelan1934

mbira1948

1948 H. Tracey Ngoma i. 11 The man who plays the Mbira must first practice for a long while before his thumbs will strike the keys in the right way.

1961 Afr. Mus. 2 iv. 20 All the instruments of this family of plucked idiophones share the same generic name of Mbira within the South Eastern territories of Africa.

1966 New Yorker 4 June 27/3 He was making music with a mbira, a kind of African hand-piano. His brother..was accompanying him on a kalimba..which is a modern version of the mbira.

1975 M. Hartmann Game for Vultures iii. 35 From the kraal there came the blurred, repetitive rhythm of an mbira. A penny whistle joined in.

1992 Option July 111/3 Maraire's voice and mbira, and an African-American gospel choir combine magnificently.

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

单词	mbira
释义	mbiran. Brit. /(ə)mˈbɪərə/, U.S. /(ə)mˈbɪrə/ Origin: A borrowing from Shona. Etymon: Shona mbira. Etymology: < Shona mbira, of uncertain origin (compare note at marimba n.). Compare also the related ambira n. 1. = mbila n. 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 1948 Newslet. Afr. Music Soc. No. 1. 20 We met a group of musicians, six mbira players... Mr. Tracey got three of the mbiras to be played without their gourd resonators and the other three to be played with resonators. 2. Any of several small hand-held musical instruments of southern Africa, consisting of a series of wooden or metal keys attached to a resonator, with one end of each key free to be plucked with the thumb and forefingers. Cf. 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 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > xylophone > other xylophone types ballarda1382 ballards1623 sticcado1776 balafon1797 straw-fiddle1867 mbila1928 gamelan1934 mbira1948 mbira1948 1948 H. Tracey Ngoma i. 11 The man who plays the Mbira must first practice for a long while before his thumbs will strike the keys in the right way. 1961 Afr. Mus. 2 iv. 20 All the instruments of this family of plucked idiophones share the same generic name of Mbira within the South Eastern territories of Africa. 1966 New Yorker 4 June 27/3 He was making music with a mbira, a kind of African hand-piano. His brother..was accompanying him on a kalimba..which is a modern version of the mbira. 1975 M. Hartmann Game for Vultures iii. 35 From the kraal there came the blurred, repetitive rhythm of an mbira. A penny whistle joined in. 1992 Option July 111/3 Maraire's voice and mbira, and an African-American gospel choir combine magnificently. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1948
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