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jenbe

jenbe 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 jenbe

pluraljenbes

Questions about jenbe

What is jenbe the alternative spelling of?
Jenbe is the alternative spelling of djembe.

Words near jenbe in the dictionary

  1. Jena
  2. Jena glass
  3. Jenafer
  4. Jenai
  5. Jenbach
  6. jenbe
  7. jenbes
  8. Jencks
  9. Jenckses
  10. jenday
  11. jendays

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