チャルメラ

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 南蛮笛
• 哨吶

Etymology

From Portuguese charamela. Later reintroduced via China.

Noun

チャルメラ • (charumera) 

1. a classical woodwind instrument belonging to the oboe family; a shawm
2. a double reed woodwind instrument with eight holes that opens like a trumpet; popularly used outside restaurants to attract customers; a surnai or suona