sekere

See also: sèkèrè and Sèkèrè

English

percussion instrument

Alternative forms

• sèkèrè, shekere, shakeree

Etymology

From Yoruba ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀.

Noun

sekere (plural sekeres)

1. A musical instrument consisting of a gourd surrounded by a net of beads.

   The sekere may be twisted, shaken or slapped to produce a subtle variety of effects.

   • 1989 April 22, Ellen Hendrix, “Women Of The Calabash Heat Up The Hall”, in Gay Community News, page 6:

     They took up their West African drums, Nigerian shekeres, Trinidadian steel drums (plus a slew of other instruments), and just cut loose for the next couple of hours.

Synonyms

• güiro, abwe

Translations

musical instrument

• Catalan: xequeré (ca) m
• French: chekeré m
• Portuguese: xequerê m
• Spanish: chekeré m
• Yoruba: ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀

See also

• sekere on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• afoxé

References

• “‖sekere” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

• seeker, reseek, Seeker, Ersekë, kreese

Afrikaans

Etymology

See seker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪəkərə/

• Audio:

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Determiner

sekere

1. some, certain

Adjective

sekere

1. attributive form of seker