bamboula
English edit
Etymology edit
From a French creole.
Noun edit
bamboula (plural bamboulas)
- A drum made from giant bamboo.
- A dance accompanied by such drums.
- 2008, Ned Sublette, The World That Made New Orleans, Lawrence Hill Books, published 2009, page 74:
- The British colonies did not permit these dances, so the calinda and the bamboula did not flourish in the plantation societies of Virginia and Carolina.
French edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bamboula m (plural bamboulas)
Noun edit
bamboula f (plural bamboulas)
Descendants edit
- → German: Bambule
Further reading edit
- “bamboula”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- bamboula on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr