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Re: Musical terms (Was: Playing the banjo (Was: Latin help))

From:Carsten Becker <carbeck@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 21:26
On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:27:33 +0100, Geoff Horswood
<geoffhorswood@...> wrote:

>--- Douglas Koller <laokou@...> wrote: > >> An impressive list. > >I'll say!
What the Messrs Horswood and Koller have said! Here's mine so far: Cf. http://benung.freehostia.com/index.php?go=culture&action=music -- there isn't more yet unfortunately. Traditional instruments: batey -- stick (for drumming) bidamihanye -- xylophone (< bidan, 'block' + 'mihan', 'wood') bonay -- drum damas -- fanfare ding -- bell dong -- gong (imaginative, innit?) eysang -- bow gin -- traverse flute manting -- guitar-like lute sisan -- violin-like lute Pitches: avan -- bass eyra -- bariton iray -- tenor ling -- soprano Music-related verbs: bonayyam -- to drum dapyam -- to play gihayam -- to blow haruyam -- to beat maliyam -- to sing pambayam -- to strum takatyam -- to clap tikyam -- to pick (opp. of strumming) Music-related nouns: dagay -- piece (of music) dangkeb&#257;n -- solo (< dapao, 'to play' + akebay, 'alone' IIRC) dangkebay -- soloist dapar -- instrument (music) dikam -- theme (music) gebisan -- motif (music) irayeno -- pitch lentan -- sound lulan -- note (music) malino -- song malyan -- singing (in German 'Gesang') mapang -- finger maras -- movement (music) matoyan -- timbre (< mato, 'warm', cf. matan, 'warmth') p&#257;taday -- duration paring -- pick (music) sapay -- hand tadyas -- rhythm tangayaye -- audience (< tangaya, 'listener' < tangyam, 'to listen') tingra -- music tingrayeno -- orchestra (< tingra, 'music' + yeno, 'group') tinu -- arm vasi -- string (music) Materials: daram -- bone debang -- metal kongey -- guts (for strings) mihan -- wood, wooden saka -- leather yutan -- skin ... as you can guess I was (a) pretty much bored that afternoon and (b) all terms that have "(music)" behind them usually mean something else. Regards Carsten

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