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Rupa (f)

plural: Rupe

original: (рупа, рупе)

hole(s)/puncture(s)

each of the tone producing holes of a chanter or semidrone

Identical types: 42
Měšnica

General term for any type of opening (➺ Fingerhole(s), Soundhole(s), and Venthole(s)); NB: ➺ homonym.

NB: ➺ remark concerning the unknown instruments !

Sources

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.179/*, 180 (»rupa«).

Kuhač, Franjo Š. [Šaver]: Prilog za poviest glasbe južnoslovjenske: Gajde [Contribution to the history of South Slavic music: Bagpipes]. In: Rad jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti, knjiga L (Zagreb, 1879), p.46 [3x], 47 (rupe).

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Archive.org (Kuhač).