ramkien.

Brit.

/ˈramki/, U.S.

/ˈræmki/, South African English

/ˈrʌmki/

Forms: 1800s ramky, 1800s– raamakie, 1800s– ramkee, 1900s– ramki, 1900s– ramkie, 1900s– remkie.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Probably also partly a borrowing from Nama. Etymons: Dutch ramkie; Afrikaans ramkie; Nama ramgi-b.

Etymology: < South African Dutch ramkie and (in later use) its Afrikaans reflex ramkie, ultimately < Portuguese rabequinha small fiddle < rabeca fiddle (see rebec n.) + -inha , diminutive suffix (see -ine suffix⁴); in early use probably partly via Nama ramgi-b. Compare South African Dutch rabekin (1773), ramakienjo (1800).

South African.

A guitar-like instrument, formerly played by the Khoekhoe peoples of South Africa, consisting of three or four strings stretched out along a board, at one end of which is a gourd resonator on which the bridge is placed. Also (in later use): a home-made guitar with a rectangular oil-can for a resonator.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > guitar > other guitars

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1790 E. Helme tr. F. Le Vaillant Trav. Afr. II. vii. 128 The rabouquin..is, indeed, a kind of guittar [sic].]

1805 Gleanings in Afr. xxvii. 232 Others were busily employed in dancing to the music of the ramky, (as they call it,) and seemed highly delighted with their exertions.

1827 G. Thompson Trav. S. Afr. ii. i. 219 In the evening we were entertained by a Bushwoman..playing on the Raamakie.

1835 J. W. D. Moodie Ten Years S. Afr. I. 224 I have often listened with great pleasure to the wild and melancholy notes of the ‘gorah’ and ‘ramkee’.

1934 P. R. Kirby Mus. Instr. of Native Races S. Afr. x. 249 Another stringed instrument, the name of which is familiar to most South Africans, is the ramkie.

1955 V. De Kock Fun they Had 53 Hottentots..too loved to dance,..and their music was provided by the ramkie, whose strains seemed to possess an almost magical power of setting them all in motion.

1970 P. Oliver Savannah Syncopators 109 Ramkie, remkie, three- or four-stringed guitar related to the Portuguese rabequinha brought from Malabar to South Africa and developed by the Cape Hottentots. Also rabekin, ramakienjo, raamakie, ramki.

1989 World of Music 31 i. 10 David Rycroft was probably the first specialist who pointed out the similarity between South African homemade banjos (with a paraffin tin can resonator) and the ramkie, as described by Kirby.

2006 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 5 Oct. 11 The traditional music display is recycled from previous exhibits: a dusty collection of drums and ramkies.

2008 D. Snyman On Back Roads 165 In his hand is a genuine old ramkie... The sound box is a BP oil can, the neck a piece of ghwarrie wood, and the bridge the brake shoe rod of a thick-wheeled Hercules bicycle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ramkie
释义	ramkien. Brit. /ˈramki/, U.S. /ˈræmki/, South African English /ˈrʌmki/ Forms: 1800s ramky, 1800s– raamakie, 1800s– ramkee, 1900s– ramki, 1900s– ramkie, 1900s– remkie. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Probably also partly a borrowing from Nama. Etymons: Dutch ramkie; Afrikaans ramkie; Nama ramgi-b. Etymology: < South African Dutch ramkie and (in later use) its Afrikaans reflex ramkie, ultimately < Portuguese rabequinha small fiddle < rabeca fiddle (see rebec n.) + -inha , diminutive suffix (see -ine suffix⁴); in early use probably partly via Nama ramgi-b. Compare South African Dutch rabekin (1773), ramakienjo (1800). South African. A guitar-like instrument, formerly played by the Khoekhoe peoples of South Africa, consisting of three or four strings stretched out along a board, at one end of which is a gourd resonator on which the bridge is placed. Also (in later use): a home-made guitar with a rectangular oil-can for a resonator. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > guitar > other guitars slidec1608 samisen1616 angelique1660 angelot1678 angel lutea1708 strim-stramc1730 sitar1777 balalaika1788 ramkie1805 sancho1817 sanxian1839 bass guitar1855 gimbri1876 cuatro1904 electric guitar1933 requinto1937 tamburitza1941 tiple1942 dobro1952 acoustic guitar1953 acoustical guitar1957 bottleneck guitar1961 acoustic1962 slide guitar1968 1790 E. Helme tr. F. Le Vaillant Trav. Afr. II. vii. 128 The rabouquin..is, indeed, a kind of guittar [sic].] 1805 Gleanings in Afr. xxvii. 232 Others were busily employed in dancing to the music of the ramky, (as they call it,) and seemed highly delighted with their exertions. 1827 G. Thompson Trav. S. Afr. ii. i. 219 In the evening we were entertained by a Bushwoman..playing on the Raamakie. 1835 J. W. D. Moodie Ten Years S. Afr. I. 224 I have often listened with great pleasure to the wild and melancholy notes of the ‘gorah’ and ‘ramkee’. 1934 P. R. Kirby Mus. Instr. of Native Races S. Afr. x. 249 Another stringed instrument, the name of which is familiar to most South Africans, is the ramkie. 1955 V. De Kock Fun they Had 53 Hottentots..too loved to dance,..and their music was provided by the ramkie, whose strains seemed to possess an almost magical power of setting them all in motion. 1970 P. Oliver Savannah Syncopators 109 Ramkie, remkie, three- or four-stringed guitar related to the Portuguese rabequinha brought from Malabar to South Africa and developed by the Cape Hottentots. Also rabekin, ramakienjo, raamakie, ramki. 1989 World of Music 31 i. 10 David Rycroft was probably the first specialist who pointed out the similarity between South African homemade banjos (with a paraffin tin can resonator) and the ramkie, as described by Kirby. 2006 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 5 Oct. 11 The traditional music display is recycled from previous exhibits: a dusty collection of drums and ramkies. 2008 D. Snyman On Back Roads 165 In his hand is a genuine old ramkie... The sound box is a BP oil can, the neck a piece of ghwarrie wood, and the bridge the brake shoe rod of a thick-wheeled Hercules bicycle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1805
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