/aˈdufe/, [aˈð̞u.fɪ]
OriginInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adufe, from Arabic الدُّفّ (ad-duff, “tambourine”), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯 (dp /dap/, “daf”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, “tablet”). Compare Portuguese adufe.
- masculinekind of squared tambourine of Arab origin
“Falas como nun Cortello
è ainda hà de aver un estrozo,
pois sin ver que o fol è mozo,
dàs nel como nun fol vello:
ay Mingota eu chè aconsello,
non fagas con que se atufe,
librenos Dios de que bufe,
po” — You speak as a stable,
and yet there will be a wreck,
because, don't seeing that the bag is young,
you hit it as if it was old:
oh, Mingota, I recommend that you
don't anger him,
God save us from him
Formsadufes(plural)
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