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Ancia (f)

(with) definite article: la: l’
(the) reed
Limbatta

Italian term, according to Giulio Pala an alternative term for the tongue of the reed only; NB: Compare French Anche, Italian Ancia (entire reed), Aragonese Incha, and Catalonian Inxa.

Sources

Pala, Giulio: Disegno [schematico]. In: Launeddas: l’anima di un popolo (1997), p.122*.