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dyinbe

dyinbe is the alternative spelling of djembe.

Meaning of djembe

Noun

djembe (plural djembes)

  1. A large, rope-tuned, skin-covered drum played with the bare hands, used in West African and some fusion music.
    • There are three principal types of traditional drums in Guinean Sousou culture: the djembe, the dundun, and the tama. The djembe is a single-headed goblet-shaped drum with a relatively high-pitched tone.2007, Karin Gaynell Patterson, Expressions of Africa in Los Angeles Public Performance, 1781—1994, page 133

Forms of dyinbe

pluraldyinbes

Questions about dyinbe

What is dyinbe the alternative spelling of?
Dyinbe is the alternative spelling of djembe.

Words near dyinbe in the dictionary

  1. Dygert
  2. Dygerts
  3. dygogram
  4. dygograms
  5. dyin'
  6. dyinbe
  7. dyinbes
  8. dying
  9. dying a death
  10. dying a thousand deaths
  11. dying and going to heaven

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