launeddas

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English[edit]

A Sardinian man in traditional clothing playing the launeddas.

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian launeddas, itself a borrowing from Sardinian launèdhas, of unclear further origin; the Italian linguist Giulio Paulis, however, suggests an origin in a Latin *ligulella, derived from ligula.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

launeddas (plural launeddas)

  1. A traditional Sardinian polyphonic woodwind instrument made of three pipes, each of which has an idioglot single reed.

Further reading[edit]

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