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Dupka (f)

(with) definite article: Dupkata
plural: Dupki; (with) definite article: Dupkite

original: дупка(та), дупки(те)

(the) hole(s)

each of the tone producing holes of a chanter or semidrone

Identical types: 42
Gajdurnica

Term used for any hole, incl. the fingerholes (Bulgarian: пръстови(те) дупки [prǎ̀stovi(te) dùpki], the "official" term being "Грифови(те) отвори" (Grìfovi(te) òtvori)); NB¹: ➺ homonyms; NB²: Note the Croatian plural form (Dupke, instead of Bulgarian Dupki) in Širola.

Mǎrmorec

Sources

Кацарова, Р.Д. [Kacarova, R.D.]: Гайдите на единъ шуменски майсторъ [Иван Гайдарджиев] (Un atelier de cornemuses à Choumen [Ivan Gaïdardjiev]). In: ИНЕМ 12 (София [Sofija], 1936), p.94ff.

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.174 (Dupke [sic]).

Прашанов, Тодор [Prašanov, Todor]: Начална школа за гайда [Elementary tutor for bagpipe]. [1964: Ръководство за свирене на гайда [Manual for bagpipe playing]]. София [Sofija], 1974 [2], p.7.

Тодоров, Манол [Todorov, Manol]: Български народни музикални инструменти: органография (Bulgarian folk instruments [organography]). София [Sofija], 1973, p.75.

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