kaval
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Noun
editkaval (plural kavals)
- (music) A chromatic end-blown flute of Asia and eastern Europe.
- 2007 July 27, The New York Times, “Jazz Listings”, in New York Times[1]:
- MATT DARRIAU’S PARADOX TRIO (Thursday) In addition to Mr. Darriau — on clarinet and saxophones as well as kaval (an end-blown flute) and gaida (a kind of bagpipe) — this exuberant Bulgarian-improv band features Brad Shepik’s guitars, Rufus Cappadocia’s cello and Seido Salifoski’s hand drums.
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editFrom Proto-Finnic *kavala.
Adjective
editkaval (genitive kavala, partitive kavalat, comparative kavalam, superlative kõige kavalam)