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Benas (gender unknown) (plurale tantum)

(with) definite article: ? [is/sas?]
➺ remark(s) below
Launeddas / Launeḍḍas / Launedda [sic]

From Latin "avena" [oat]; Central Sardinia and Logudoro area; ➺ Bena / Benas.

Sources

Weis Bentzon, Andreas Fridolin: The launeddas: a Sardinian folk music instrument. Copenhagen, 1969, p.144 (note 1).

Dore, Giovanni: Gli strumenti della musica popolare della Sardegna. Cagliari, 1976, p.37 [NOT in index!], 322 (map).

Launeddas: l’anima di un popolo [Title on cover: »La storia, lo strumento, i protagonisti, la discografia: launeddas«]. A cura di Giampaolo Lallai, associazione Cuncordia a Launeddas. Fotografie di Nico Selis. Cagliari, 1997, p.89, 228.

Paulis, Giulio: I nomi delle launeddas: origine e storia [with an extensive article on their manufacture]. In: Sonos (1994), p.140.

Lai, Luigi: Metodo per / A method for the launéddas. Cagliari, 1996, p.7/8.

Bakx, Phons: De launeddas: rietinstrument van de Sarden. Middelburg, 1995, p.18 (sas Benas).