Obsolete name; Truveḍḍa: spelling in Logudorese (which is one of the two written standards of the Sardinian language); Northern Sardinia, as far South as the Barbagia area (in Sardu: Barbaza); Name, according to Fernando Pilia (➺ Lai, »Metodo...«), "possibly in reference to its 3 reeds", but in Pier Enea Guarnerio, »I dialetti odierni di Sassari, della Gallura e della Corsica« (in Graziadio Isaia Ascoli, »Archivio glottologico italiano«, vol.XIV (1898)) described as a derivative from Pisanian "trobba" (from the etymon tǔba [trumpet]) and defined as "a kind of zampogna"; Giulio Paulis, who fails to reveal his source, only mentions the plural form (Truveddas), thus suggesting that it would be a "plural only" term; NB: ➺ Triedda, Trubeddas, and Truedda.