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Vinony

mbira

noun

  1. African musical instrument of the lamellophone family
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Shona mbirabor. English mbira Borrowed from Shona mbira (“thumb piano”).

  1. A thumb piano, a musical instrument having a small sound box fitted with a row of tuned tabs that are plucked with the thumbs, originating among the Shona of southern Africa; any type of plucked lamellophone of the same type as the Shona instrument.