rommelpotn.

Brit.

/ˈrɒmlpɒt/, U.S.

/ˈrɑməlˌpɑt/

Forms: 1700s romelpot, 1700s– rommelpot.

Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Partly also a borrowing from French. Etymons: Dutch rommelpot; French romelpot.

Etymology: < South African Dutch, Dutch rommelpot (1597 in Dutch in sense 2; apparently late 18th cent. or earlier in a Southern African context in sense 1, which is not recorded in dictionaries of Dutch or etymological dictionaries of Afrikaans: compare quot. 1790) < rommelen rumble v.² + pot pot n.¹ The drum is so called on account of the rumbling noise that it produces. In sense 1 originally via French romelpot (1790 in the passage translated in quot. 1790; < Dutch).

1. A type of drum used by the Khoekhoe people in southern Africa, made from a hollow vessel over one end of which a piece of skin is stretched. Also called bambus, khais. Now chiefly historical.

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water drum1824

pahu1829

tabl1831

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tree-drum1850

ngoma1860

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pot drum1907

friction drum1909

trap-drum1924

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Isukuti1972

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1790 E. Helme tr. F. Le Vaillant Trav. Afr. II. 107 The romelpot is the most noisy of all the instruments [Fr. Le romelpot est le plus bruyant de tous les instrumens de ces Sauvages]... It is formed of a piece of the trunk of a tree made hollow, over one of the ends of which is stretched a sheep's skin well tanned; on this the performer beats with his hands, or..with his fists, and sometimes with a stick.

1840 B. Shaw Memorials S. Afr. iii. 44 The rommel pot is a bamboo over which a piece of skin is tightly stretched, and is used as a drum at their [sc. the Namaquas'] dances.

1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 311/1 The ‘rommel-pot’ was a kind of drum.

1934 P. R. Kirby Mus. Instruments Native Races S. Afr. ii. 12 The name rommelpot..was that by which the colonists described the Hottentot drum.

1948 L. G. Green To River's End 153 They [sc. the San] do not seem to have had drums of their own, but they copied the Hottentot ‘rommelpot’.

1976 A. P. Brink Instant in Wind 213 In the moonlight the reedflutes began their breathy shrill, accompanied by..the rumbling of the rommelpot.

2004 F. S. Afolayan Culture & Customs S. Afr. x. 234 To make the drums, which early European visitors called rommelpot, the Khoikhoi place hides over their ceramic pots.

2. In the Netherlands: a type of drum traditionally consisting of an earthenware pot covered at the top by a bladder pierced by a stick that is pushed up and down or rotated. Also called foekepot. Cf. friction drum n. at friction n. Compounds 2.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > other drums

taborinc1500

swash1533

war-drum1593

wolf-drum1605

saddle drum1617

tombak1662

tom-tom1693

goombay1790

rommelpot1790

rommelpot?1798

water drum1824

pahu1829

tabl1831

tambourin1832

dholuck1837

nagara1839

tree-drum1850

ngoma1860

talking drum1897

pot drum1907

friction drum1909

trap-drum1924

ghoema1934

tamboo1942

tassa1948

steel drum1952

conga drum1955

roto-tom1968

conga1969

Isukuti1972

steel pan1973

syndrum1979

?1798 Catal. Prints John Barnard (T. Philipe) 17 Apr. No. 68 The boy with the rommel-pot, by C. Bloemart.

1842 J. Smith Suppl. to Catal. Raisonné Wks. Dutch, Flemish & French Painters 503 One of his subjects is amusing him with the noise of a rommelpot, another blows a horn.

1907 E. G. Hawke tr. C. H. de Groot Catal. Raisonné Wks. Dutch Painters 132 [Jan Steen] Near him a young woman is stopping her ears, for two men, one with a ‘rommelpot’ and the other with a broom over his shoulder, are making a din.

1940 C. Sachs Hist. Mus. Instruments 40 Boys go from house to house to sing old verses and rub the rommelpot, as the Dutch say, which often is artlessly made of a kitchen pot or a flowerpot and a bladder.

1964 S. Marcuse Musical Instruments 446/2 Rommelpot,..Dutch and Flemish friction drum with friction stick, made of an earthenware pot sometimes containing water, closed at the top by an animal bladder. The friction stick penetrates the center of the bladder and is rotated or pushed up and down.

1970 J. Blades Percussion Instruments x. 196 In Flanders the rommelpot is particularly associated with Christmas.

2006 E. Langmuir Imagining Childhood ii. vii. 160 Village boys play the violin and a rommelpot, a jug covered with a pig's bladder pierced by a stick.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rommelpot
释义	rommelpotn. Brit. /ˈrɒmlpɒt/, U.S. /ˈrɑməlˌpɑt/ Forms: 1700s romelpot, 1700s– rommelpot. Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Partly also a borrowing from French. Etymons: Dutch rommelpot; French romelpot. Etymology: < South African Dutch, Dutch rommelpot (1597 in Dutch in sense 2; apparently late 18th cent. or earlier in a Southern African context in sense 1, which is not recorded in dictionaries of Dutch or etymological dictionaries of Afrikaans: compare quot. 1790) < rommelen rumble v.² + pot pot n.¹ The drum is so called on account of the rumbling noise that it produces. In sense 1 originally via French romelpot (1790 in the passage translated in quot. 1790; < Dutch). 1. A type of drum used by the Khoekhoe people in southern Africa, made from a hollow vessel over one end of which a piece of skin is stretched. Also called bambus, khais. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > other drums taborinc1500 swash1533 war-drum1593 wolf-drum1605 saddle drum1617 tombak1662 tom-tom1693 goombay1790 rommelpot1790 rommelpot?1798 water drum1824 pahu1829 tabl1831 tambourin1832 dholuck1837 nagara1839 tree-drum1850 ngoma1860 talking drum1897 pot drum1907 friction drum1909 trap-drum1924 ghoema1934 tamboo1942 tassa1948 steel drum1952 conga drum1955 roto-tom1968 conga1969 Isukuti1972 steel pan1973 syndrum1979 1790 E. Helme tr. F. Le Vaillant Trav. Afr. II. 107 The romelpot is the most noisy of all the instruments [Fr. Le romelpot est le plus bruyant de tous les instrumens de ces Sauvages]... It is formed of a piece of the trunk of a tree made hollow, over one of the ends of which is stretched a sheep's skin well tanned; on this the performer beats with his hands, or..with his fists, and sometimes with a stick. 1840 B. Shaw Memorials S. Afr. iii. 44 The rommel pot is a bamboo over which a piece of skin is tightly stretched, and is used as a drum at their [sc. the Namaquas'] dances. 1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 311/1 The ‘rommel-pot’ was a kind of drum. 1934 P. R. Kirby Mus. Instruments Native Races S. Afr. ii. 12 The name rommelpot..was that by which the colonists described the Hottentot drum. 1948 L. G. Green To River's End 153 They [sc. the San] do not seem to have had drums of their own, but they copied the Hottentot ‘rommelpot’. 1976 A. P. Brink Instant in Wind 213 In the moonlight the reedflutes began their breathy shrill, accompanied by..the rumbling of the rommelpot. 2004 F. S. Afolayan Culture & Customs S. Afr. x. 234 To make the drums, which early European visitors called rommelpot, the Khoikhoi place hides over their ceramic pots. 2. In the Netherlands: a type of drum traditionally consisting of an earthenware pot covered at the top by a bladder pierced by a stick that is pushed up and down or rotated. Also called foekepot. Cf. friction drum n. at friction n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > other drums taborinc1500 swash1533 war-drum1593 wolf-drum1605 saddle drum1617 tombak1662 tom-tom1693 goombay1790 rommelpot1790 rommelpot?1798 water drum1824 pahu1829 tabl1831 tambourin1832 dholuck1837 nagara1839 tree-drum1850 ngoma1860 talking drum1897 pot drum1907 friction drum1909 trap-drum1924 ghoema1934 tamboo1942 tassa1948 steel drum1952 conga drum1955 roto-tom1968 conga1969 Isukuti1972 steel pan1973 syndrum1979 ?1798 Catal. Prints John Barnard (T. Philipe) 17 Apr. No. 68 The boy with the rommel-pot, by C. Bloemart. 1842 J. Smith Suppl. to Catal. Raisonné Wks. Dutch, Flemish & French Painters 503 One of his subjects is amusing him with the noise of a rommelpot, another blows a horn. 1907 E. G. Hawke tr. C. H. de Groot Catal. Raisonné Wks. Dutch Painters 132 [Jan Steen] Near him a young woman is stopping her ears, for two men, one with a ‘rommelpot’ and the other with a broom over his shoulder, are making a din. 1940 C. Sachs Hist. Mus. Instruments 40 Boys go from house to house to sing old verses and rub the rommelpot, as the Dutch say, which often is artlessly made of a kitchen pot or a flowerpot and a bladder. 1964 S. Marcuse Musical Instruments 446/2 Rommelpot,..Dutch and Flemish friction drum with friction stick, made of an earthenware pot sometimes containing water, closed at the top by an animal bladder. The friction stick penetrates the center of the bladder and is rotated or pushed up and down. 1970 J. Blades Percussion Instruments x. 196 In Flanders the rommelpot is particularly associated with Christmas. 2006 E. Langmuir Imagining Childhood ii. vii. 160 Village boys play the violin and a rommelpot, a jug covered with a pig's bladder pierced by a stick. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1790
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