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kontigi

kontigi noun: a boat-shaped lute-like string instrument with one or two strings, originating among the Hausa people of West Africa.

Noun

kontigi

  1. A boat-shaped lute-like string instrument with one or two strings, originating among the Hausa people of West Africa.

Forms of kontigi

alternative formkuntigi

Questions about kontigi

What does kontigi mean?
Kontigi means a boat-shaped lute-like string instrument with one or two strings, originating among the Hausa people of West Africa.
What part of speech is kontigi?
Kontigi is a noun.

Words near kontigi in the dictionary

  1. kontakia
  2. kontakion
  3. Konthou
  4. Konthoujam
  5. Konthoujam Tampha Lairembi
  6. kontigi
  7. Kontiolahti
  8. kontomire
  9. kontomires
  10. kontor
  11. kontore

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