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Gaida* (f)

NEITHER a bagpipe term, NOR related to any of the other instruments treated in this survey

Identical types: 36

NOT a bagpipe, but according to G.H.F. Nesselmann, »Wörterbuch der littauischen [sic] Sprache« (Königsberg, 1851): "eine Sängerin" [a female singer] (from "gẽdmi" [to sing]);
NB: ➺ Gaidį*.


Sources

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.69² (»Neselmanov [sic], »Litavski rječnik«).

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Archive.org (Kuhač).
Google books (Nesselmann [Find gaida: p.246; NB: ➺ p.243: Gaidas]).