nanga
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editnanga (plural nangas)
- (music) A simple wooden harp or zither used in central and eastern Africa.
- 1950, Roslyn Rensch, The harp: from Tara's halls to the American schools:
- The "shoulder harp" or "nanga" had a boat-shaped sound chest.
- 1975, Sibyl Marcuse, A survey of musical instruments, page 403:
- The nanga of Nubia is similar; here also, long wooden pegs prevent the strings from slipping.
- 1986, Okot p'Bitek, Artist, the Ruler:
- The artist uses his voice, he sings his laws to the accompaniment of the nanga, the harp; he twists his body to the rhythm of the drums, to proclaim his rules.
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editnanga (intransitive)
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editnanga (transitive)
Iban
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editnanga
- (geography) confluence (point where two rivers or streams meet)
Swahili
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editnanga class IX (plural nanga class X)
- anchor (tool to hook a vessel into sea bottom)
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