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atauaque m (plural atauaques)

  1. Archaic form of atabaque.
    • c. 1344, Pedro Afonso, Count of Barcelos, Terceiro Livro de Linhagens[1]:
      E os gritos deles e das trõbas e anafijs e d'altãcaros e atauaques e gaitas asi reteniã que parecia que as mõtanhas se areygauã de todas partes.
      And the cry of them and their buisines and trumpets and frame drums and kettledrums and fifes would resound in a way that the mountains seemed to tremble as a whole.