Dude [sic] (gender unknown)
Mentioned in Kuhač as a "kleinere art Sackpfeife [A smaller bagpipe type], referring in 3 instances to Lithuania, but also in connection with a few other, unspecified, regions and cultures; NB¹: ➺ Dude and related terms; NB²: In Lithuanian the correct spelling is probably "Dudė" [with a dot over the e, which would imply that it is a feminine noun].
Kuhač, Franjo Š. [Šaver]: Prilog za poviest glasbe južnoslovjenske: Gajde [Contribution to the history of South Slavic music: Bagpipes]. In: Rad jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti, knjiga L (Zagreb, 1879), p.44 (Southern Slavs), 49 [2x], 60 [2x], 63 (Poslovice naroda hrvatsko-srbskoga), 64, 68 [5x (incl. Lithuanian)], 69 [4x (incl. Slovjeni & Litvani [i.e. Lithuanians)], 69¹, 73 (Slavic), 74 [use in church?]), 76 [2x], 91 [2x: Lithuanian].
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