sampura

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Kari'na

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish tambora, tambor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sampura (possessed sampurary)

  1. (Guyana, Suriname) drum

References

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  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 362
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “sambura”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 423; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 413