bamboula

English

Etymology

From a French creole.

Noun

bamboula (plural bamboulas)

1. A drum made from giant bamboo.
2. 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

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃.bu.la/

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Noun

bamboula m (plural bamboulas)

1. (music) bamboula (drum)
2. (ethnic slur) black African

Noun

bamboula f (plural bamboulas)

1. (dance) bamboula

Descendants

• → German: Bambule

Further reading

• “bamboula”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• bamboula on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr