Jew's harp

Alternative forms

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Etymology
The word is often applied to a wide variety of instruments in English, including many (such as this one) that are not "harps" in the most specific sense. The origin of is uncertain, it is widely accepted that the instrument has no musicological or etymological connection with Jews and the word was capitalized due to the mistaken belief of a connection. Some have connected it to the dialectal, related to the 🇨🇬, compare modern 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Others have suggested a connection with, the synonym may have therefore come first. Other theories point to 🇨🇬, compare.

Noun

 * 1) A musical instrument consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo “tongue” attached to a frame. This tongue is placed in the performer's mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note of constant pitch. Melodies can be created by changing the shape of the mouth and causing different overtones.

Synonyms

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Translations

 * Afrikaans: trompie
 * Atayal: lubuw, lubux
 * Bashkir: ҡумыҙ
 * Basque: musugitarra
 * Binongan Itneg: kolibau
 * Bulgarian: дръмбой
 * Catalan: arpa de boca,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Corsican: riberbula
 * Czech: brumle
 * Danish: jødeharpe, mundharpe
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: parmupill
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, campurgne
 * Galician: ,
 * German:, Mundtrommel, Maulgeige, Brummeisen, Judenharfe
 * Hawaiian: ʻukeke
 * Hebrew: נבל פה
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: gyðingaharpa, kjálkaharpa, munntromma
 * Iranun:
 * Irish: trumpa
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kaili:
 * Da'a Kaili: yori
 * Ledo Kaili: yori
 * Unde Kaili: yori
 * Kannada: ಮೋರ್ಸಿಂಗ್
 * Kazakh: шаңқобыз
 * Korean: 주즈하프
 * Latvian: vargāns
 * Lithuanian: dambrelis
 * Macedonian: дромбула
 * Maguindanao: kubing
 * Maranao: kobing
 * Mongolian: хэл хуур, аман хуур
 * Neapolitan: marranzano
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: munnharpe
 * Nynorsk: munnharpe
 * Palawano:
 * Brooke's Point Palawano: aroding
 * Central Palawano: aroding
 * Southwest Palawano: aroding
 * Persian:
 * Polabian: brącai̯kə
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: harpa de boca
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, хомус
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: дромбуља, брунда
 * Latin: ,
 * Sicilian:, , jancalarruni
 * Slovak: drumbľa
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: brumejza
 * Southern Altai: комус
 * Spanish: arpa de boca, guimbarda, birimbao, arpa de boca, torompe
 * Swedish:, munharpa
 * Tagalog: birimbaw
 * Tamil: மோர்சிங்
 * Toraja-Sa'dan: karombi
 * Turkish:
 * Tuvan: хомус
 * Ukrainian: дримба, варґа́н
 * Vietnamese: đàn môi
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: sturmant
 * White Hmong: rab ncas
 * Wolio: ore-ore mbondu, ore Ngkale
 * Yakan: kulaing
 * Yakut: хомус