adufe

English

Etymology

Portuguese adufe.

Noun

adufe (plural adufes)

1. A traditional square tambourine, found in Portugal and elsewhere, of Moorish origin.
   • 1999, Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo, World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 227:

     A feature of Beira Baixa music, and found elsewhere too, is the adufe.

   • 2005, Sergio Navarrete Pellicer, Maya Achi Marimba Music in Guatemala with CD (Audio), Temple University Press, →ISBN, page 100:

     [...] we can identify the following rhythmic sesquialtera pattern in the melody played on the violin and the adufe drum, which make the connection ...

   • 2012, Matt Dean, The Drum: A History, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 28:

     The adufe is also found in Egypt. This double-headed square frame drum, which is roughly the same size as the tar, may have bells attached inside the drum for varying timbres.

Galician

Adufes

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adufe, from Arabic الدُّفّ (ad-duff, “tambourine”), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯 (dp /⁠dap⁠/, “daf”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, “tablet”). Compare Portuguese adufe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈðufɪ]

Noun

adufe m (plural adufes)

1. (music) kind of squared tambourine of Arab origin

   Synonym: pandeiro

   • 1753, Diego Antonio Cernadas y Castro, Mingotiña, si está alá:

     Falas como nun Cortello
     è ainda hà de aver un estrozo,
     pois sin ver que o fol è mozo,
     dàs nel como nun fol vello:
     ay Mingota eu chè aconsello,
     non fagas con que se atufe,
     librenos Dios de que bufe,
     por que si colle un fumeiro
     en boas mans està ô Pandeiro
     para quentarche ô adufe.

     You speak as a stable,
     and yet there will be a wreck,
     because, don't seeing that the bag is young,
     you hit it as if it was old:
     oh, Mingota, I recommend that you
     don't anger him,
     God save us from him seething,
     because if he grabs a club
     the tambourine is in good hands
     for heating your adufe drum

Derived terms

• adufeiro

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “adufe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “adufe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “adufe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “adufe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Galician-Portuguese

FWOTD – 20 May 2014

Alternative forms

• aduffe

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الدُّفّ (ad-duff, “tambourine”), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯 (dp /⁠dap⁠/, “daf”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, “tablet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdu.fe/

Noun

adufe m

1. (music) a traditional square tambourine of Moorish origin
   • 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Martin de Ginzo, B 1277: A do mui bon parecer (facsimile)

     Mandoulo aduffe tanger

     [she] ordered [them] to play the adufe

Descendants

• Galician: adufe
• Portuguese: adufe, adufo

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "adufe"

Portuguese

adufes

Alternative forms

• adufo

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adufe, from Arabic الدُّفّ (ad-duff, “tambourine”), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯 (dp /⁠dap⁠/, “daf”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, “tablet”). Compare Galician adufe.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdu.fi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdu.fi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdu.fe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈdu.fɨ/ [ɐˈðu.fɨ]

• Hyphenation: a‧du‧fe

Noun

adufe m (plural adufes)

1. (music) a traditional square tambourine of Moorish origin