a musical instrument similar to the mbira, but usually smaller and with fewer keys
Origin of kalimba
of African origin, originally , probably from a word in Shona (a Bantu language)kalimba
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kalimba
noun
See mbira.
Origin of kalimba
Of Bantu origin Bemba ka-limba diminutive of ci-limba any musical instrument ci- sing. n. pref. -limba musical instrument Kimbundu -rimba in ma-rimba marimba ; see marimba .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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