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Baba (f)

(with) definite article: Babata

original: баба(та)

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3rd piece of a larger composed drone, remotest from the stock

Identical types: 19
Bouri

Macedonian: "(the) grandmother / old woman"; Upper tuning piece of the drone, with resonance cavity; Štemnica (district Kukuš [Κιλκίς [Kilkis] ?], prov. Macedonia).

Sources

Џимревски, Боривоје [Džimrevski, Borivoje]: Гајдата во Македонија: инструмент - инструменталист - музика ([The bagpipe in Macedonia]). Скопје [Skopje], 1996, p.133.