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Min (Miñ) (-)

(with) definite article: ? - [Mina (Miña) ?]
tongue

tongue: vibrating blade of a single reed (idioglot (either up- or down-cut) or heteroglot)

Identical types: 31
? [Fit~ ?]

From "mihi" [tongue]; Bizkaia (Biscay) and parts of Gipuzkoa; In Navarra and in parts of Gipuzkoa we also find the spellings "mii" and "mi", neither of which are mentioned, however, in sources dealing with the Alboka, or other musical instruments.

Sources

Barrenechea (Barrenetxea), (Jose) Mariano: Alboka: entorno folklórico (Colaboración de P. Jorge De Riezu), Bilbao, 1976, p.167.

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