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Aw ̬ dzuhˉ ma (gender unknown)

middle finger [dzuhˉ = long]

name of the longest pipe of a mouth organ

No identical types known (yet).

The longest pipe; Laˇhu_ nyiˉ (Red Lahu) and Laˇhu_ shehˇ lehˉ (Shehleh Lahu); Though its name seems to suggest that this pipe is played with the middle finger, it is actually played with the index finger, instead.


Sources

Schwörer, Gretel: Die Mundorgel bei den Laˇ Hu_ in Nord-Thailand: Bauweise, Funktion und Musik, 1: Darstellung. Hamburg, 1982, p.44, 160-161.