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Qxejra (f)

(with) definite article: il (il-Qxejra)
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basis (only) of an assembled double chanter or hornpipe

Identical types: 13
Saqqafa

The yoke alone; Definition in Ġabra: "a small shell (the diminutive form of qoxra)".

Sources

Starke, Christian: Zaqq: the Maltese bagpipe. In: Anuario da Gaita 2003 (18), p.27.

Web

mlrs.research.um.edu.mt (Ġabra: an open lexicon for Maltese)