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Calumet (m)

(with) definite article: lo (lou [➺ Remarks, NB])
plural: Calumets; (with) definite article: los (lous [➺ Remarks, NB])
➺ remark(s) below

reed consisting of a base (the Body) with a vibrating blade (the Tongue)

Identical types: 55
Boha

Corruption of chalumeau [cane, straw]; Gascon name for the reeds for both chanter and drone; NB: ➺ NB in remarks to Bohaussac.

Idioglot (cane (Arundo donax) or elder (Sambucus nigra)), or heteroglot (e.g. a cane tongue on a base of some other material).

Sources

Mabru, Lothaire: The bagpipe in the Landes of Gascony. [Title on cover: bagpipe from the Landes]. In: Proc. International bagpipe symposium… (The Hague, 1988), p.41.

ws (linguistics [➺ Dictionaries, &c.]).

Personal communication

Yan Cozian (Soustons, dépt. Landes), e-mail 24 Oct. 2023 (gender / article).