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Calamella (f)

(with) definite article: la (in Latin: illa [this])
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Cornamusa

A derivative of "calamellus" (diminutive of "calamus" [pipe]); From Ludwig Gottfried Blanc, »Vocabolario dantesco o Dizionario critico e ragionato di Dante Alighieri«, per la prima volta recato in italiano da G. [Giuno] Carbone (Firenze, 1859); NB¹: According to Paul Lacroix, it was "originally just a precursor of the chalumeau" [i.e. early clarinet; ws]; NB²: ➺ related terms; NB³: ➺ Calamello (Auvergne).

Sources

Utriculus XI (43), luglio/settembre 2007, Miscellanea zampognara, p.46: “Cennamella” (»Blanc, p.31 [sic]).

Utriculus, nuova serie XVIII (57-58), 2019, Miscellanea zampognara, p.105: “Cialamella” (»Blanc, p.81).

ws (linguistics [➺ Dictionaries, &c.]).

Web

Google books (Blanc [Find calamella: p.81 (entry Cennamella)]), and ibidem (Blanc [second copy; Find calamella]).
Archive.org (Blanc [Find calamella: p.81]).