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Bisonas / Biṡonas (gender unknown) (plurale tantum)

(with) definite article: ? [is/sas?]
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Launeddas / Launeḍḍas / Launedda [sic]

From the Latin adjective "bisonus" [having 2 sounds]; According to Weis Bentzon, name only used in prov. Ogliastra (western Sardinia; capitals: Lanusei and Tortolì), according to Fernando Pilia (➺ Lai, »Metodo...«), however, also in the Campidano plain (the largest plain of Sardinia, between Cagliari and San Vero Milis, and Milis, in prov. Oristano); Pronunciation: Bísonas (Tortolì [NE of Lanusei]), Bisònas (Villaputzu); Spelling by Giulio Paulis, in »Launeddas...« (a cura di Giampaolo Lallai), and in »Sonos« (a cura di Gian Nicola Spanu): Biṡonas (Bíṡonas/Biṡònas); NB: Spelling Biṡonas scientific [?]; NB: ➺ Bisunas (Biṡunas).

Sources

Weis Bentzon, Andreas Fridolin: The launeddas: a Sardinian folk music instrument. Copenhagen, 1969, p.144 (note 1).

Dore, Giovanni: Gli strumenti della musica popolare della Sardegna. Cagliari, 1976, p.37, 302 (sas Bisònas).

Lallai, Ermenegildo: Le launeddas tra scrittori e viaggiatori. In: Launeddas: l’anima di un popolo (1997), p.31 (»Dore).

Paulis, Giulio: I Romani e le launeddas. In: Launeddas: l’anima di un popolo (1997), p.224 & passim.

Paulis, Giulio: I nomi delle launeddas: origine e storia [with an extensive article on their manufacture]. In: Sonos (1994), p.140.

Lai, Luigi: Metodo per / A method for the launéddas. Cagliari, 1996, p.7/8.