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Leoneddas / Leoneḍḍas (gender unknown) (plurale tantum)

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

Spelling in »La nascita delle Leoneddas (Vecchia leggenda musicale)«, written by Grazia Deledda (1871-1936); Bakx concludes a "clear connection with lions", a statement neither encountered, nor confirmed in other sources; NB: Spelling Leoneḍḍas scientific [?].

Sources

Deledda, Grazia Maria Cosima Damiana: La nascita delle leoneddas (Vecchia leggenda musicale); [b] I tre fratelli. In: Launeddas: l’anima di un popolo (1997), p.40, 42 (sas Leoneddas).

Bakx, Phons: De launeddas: rietinstrument van de Sarden. Middelburg, 1995, p.19 (is Leonèddas).