malimba

English

Noun

malimba (plural malimbas)

1. An African musical instrument of the mbira kind.
   • 2010, Gerhard Kubik, Theory of African Music, Volume I, page 184:

     In some songs of the Wakisi and in tunings of the malimba lamellophone, such as we recorded at Lupingu, the notes plainly correspond […]

See also

• marimba