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Pipëza (f)

plural: = singular; (with) definite article: Pipëzat
straw whistles

Hornpipe without a mouthpiece: double chanter (no drone), no bell / single reeds (type?)

Identical types: 3

Same instrument as the Zummāra (Arab world).

Bishnicë, Pipinë, Zamare, Zambare, Zumare, Zummare

Sources

Sokoli, Ramadan & Miso, Pirro: Veglat muzikore të popullit shqiptar ([Musical instruments of the Albanian people]). Tiranë, 1991, p.114, ➺ p.301.

Buchholz, Oda / Fiedler, Wilfried / Uhlisch, Gerda: Wörterbuch Albanisch-Deutsch. Leipzig, 1981 (2), p.426 (➺ pipëz).

Dictionaries, &c.

Gjuha letrare shqipe: elemente të normës së sotme letrare [Albanian literary language: elements of today’s literary norm]. Prishtinë, 1984 (2), p.41.