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nyatiti

UK/njɑːˈtiːti/

nyatiti noun: a traditional type of lyre with eight strings, used by the Luo people of Kenya.

Noun

nyatiti (plural nyatitis)

  1. A traditional type of lyre with eight strings, used by the Luo people of Kenya.
    • The premier Luo musical instrument is the nyatiti, a lyre of eight strings converging inside a hide resonator, all housed in a trapezoid wooden frame.2001, Okumba Miruka, Oral Literature of the Luo, EAEP, published 2001, page 14
    • Recently, some nyatiti performers have collaborated with guitarists in beautiful combined productions.2000, Radano/Bohlman, Music and the Racial Imagination, page 373

Forms of nyatiti

pluralnyatitis

Origin of nyatiti

From Luo nyatiti.

Questions about nyatiti

What does nyatiti mean?
Nyatiti means a traditional type of lyre with eight strings, used by the Luo people of Kenya.
What part of speech is nyatiti?
Nyatiti is a noun.
How do you pronounce nyatiti?
Nyatiti is pronounced /njɑːˈtiːti/ (UK).
What is the plural of nyatiti?
The plural of nyatiti is nyatitis.

Words near nyatiti in the dictionary

  1. Nyasaland
  2. Nyasalander
  3. Nyasalanders
  4. nyases
  5. nyash
  6. nyatiti
  7. nyatitis
  8. nyatoh
  9. nyatsi
  10. nyatsis
  11. Nyaturucha

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