No. CHAPATTE-001
Tsonga ximbvun’wana on a handle
South Africa · Xitsonga-speaking lowveld (Limpopo and Mpumalanga; southern Mozambique) · Southern Africa
Function not recorded
ximbvun’wana; xivhumani
Source term: bull-roarer
ximbvun’wana (class 7): bull-roarer. xivhumani (class 7): bull-roarer.
A small flat piece of wood, whirled round at the end of a string tied to a handle: that is the ximbvun’wana of the Tsonga, whose language is spoken across the lowveld of north-eastern South Africa and southern Mozambique. The same instrument also goes by a second name, xivhumani.
ximbvun’wana 7, bull-roarer, a small flat piece of wood whirled round at end of a string tied to an handle.
Chapatte, Tsonga–English Dictionary, p. 368
Particulars
- Object
- A small flat piece of wood whirled round at the end of a string tied to a handle.
- Function
- Not recorded.
Source
Marius Chapatte, Tsonga–English Dictionary / Dikixinari ya Xitsonga–Xinghezi (n.d.), pp. 368, 390