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Mishnicë (f)

(with) definite article: Mishnica
plural: Mishnica; (with) definite article: Mishnicat
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Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 1 stock (double chanter) / no drones

Identical types: 35

From Serbian мех (meh [skin; Albanian "mish" means "meat"]); District Priština (Prishtinë); NB¹: = Bishnicë (Albania), Diple [a] (Bosnia & Hercegovina) and [b] (Montenegro), Dude (Slovenia), and Mješnica (Croatia); NB²: ➺ Piva (Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy).

Bilishnicë, Meshnicë [?]

Sources

Sokoli, Ramadan & Miso, Pirro: Veglat muzikore të popullit shqiptar ([Musical instruments of the Albanian people]). Tiranë, 1991, p.121, 122.

Dictionaries, &c.

Buchholz, Oda / Fiedler, Wilfried / Uhlisch, Gerda: Wörterbuch Albanisch-Deutsch. Leipzig, 1981 (2nd printing), p.659.

Kacori, Thoma: A handbook of Albanian. Sofia, 1979, p.196-207.