Goombayとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• gombay, gombey, gumba

語源

From a Caribbean dialect such as Bahamian Creole; compare Kongo nkombi, a type of drum.

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名詞

goombay (countable and uncountable, plural goombays)

1. (music, dance, Bahamas, countable) A type of traditional Bahamian drum.
2. (music, dance, Bahamas, uncountable) A genre of folk music played with this drum.
3. (music, dance, Bahamas) A dance associated with this music genre.

関連する語

• gumbe

参照

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “goombay, n.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.