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agida

English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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agida (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of agita

Etymology 2

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Noun

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agida (plural agidas)

  1. A large drum used for ceremonial music in Surinam.
    • 1967, Joseph H. Howard, Drums in the Americas:
      Wedges are used to tense the skin, and the agida is placed on the ground lengthwise for playing.

Etymology 3

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Noun

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agida (plural agidas)

  1. A curved drumstick used in Haiti.
    • 2016, Alfred Métraux, Voodoo in Haiti:
      The person who beats the ségond remains seated with the instrument held firmly between his legs, striking it either with his left or right hand and a forked stick or a small bow (agida) held in the free hand.

Anagrams

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Portuguese

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Participle

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agida f sg

  1. feminine singular of agido

Spanish

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Participle

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agida f sg

  1. feminine singular of agido

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Probably from Ewe adzidá (“drum”), Fon àgiɖá (“drumstick”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈɡida/, [a̠ˈɟida̠], [ɑ̟ˈjidɑ̟]

Noun

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agida

  1. (music) agida (a conical bass drum two to three metres long and 40-50 centimetres in diameter, the sound of which resonates in the ground and is used in the Afro-Surinamese Winti religion to communicate with snake gods; it is played with both hands, with the player using a drumstick in one hand)

References

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  1. ^ Norval Smith (2009) “A preliminary list of probable Gbe lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 467.
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