alfaiaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Portuguese alfaia, a borrowing of Arabic الحَاجَة (al-ḥāja, “necessary thing; valuable thing”).

名詞

alfaia (plural alfaias)

1. A Brazilian drum with a membrane made of animal skin.
   • 2015 August 3, Ben Ratliff, “Review: Nação Zumbi Returns to Central Park SummerStage”, in New York Times‎:

     And there was the band’s centerpiece and glory, the interlocking rhythm of a trap-set drummer, a percussionist, and three standing drummers playing the alfaia, the large wooden drum from the African-derived, northeastern Brazilian song-and-dance tradition of maracatu.