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Svirale (f) (plurale tantum)

flute/whistle/wind instrument
Mješnica

Kvarner islands (Olib, where it is considered a "male" instrument; According to Širola bagpipes were still played here, but not manufactured; ➺ Gajdara); Pag (Novalja; 1937: extinct; ➺ Meh, and Mešnice)); NB¹: ➺ Ante Bončić; NB²: ➺ homonyms.

Svirale


Sources

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.117, 133, 136 (»Milčetić), 249, ➺ 294.

Gojković, Andrijana: Narodni muzički instrumenti [Folk musical instruments]. Beograd, 1979 (3: »Širola [129]).