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Dipla* / Diple* (f, m)

original: дипла, дипле

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bagpipe term also used for other aerophones

Identical types: 45

From Greek διπλός (dhyplos [double]); NOT a bagpipe, but homonyms, used for a primitive clarinet (of one tube only) that used to be made, in some areas, by children and youngsters; Mataguži: Dipla; Plavnica (prov. Podgorica): Diple; NB: ➺ homonyms, &c.


Sources

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.13, 48.