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Kroba (f)

(with) definite article: sa
(the) pair; ➺ remark(s) below

combination of the 2/3 pipes of a double/triple chanter

Identical types: 3
Launeddas / Launeḍḍas / Launedda [sic]

From Latin "copula"; The combination of Mankosa manna & Tumbu; Sarrabus area (southeast Sardinia, communes Castiadas, Muravera, San Vito and Villaputzu).

Croba, Krowa, Loba

Sources

Weis Bentzon, Andreas Fridolin: The launeddas: a Sardinian folk music instrument. Copenhagen, 1969, p.14, 144 (note 4).