be·rim·bau (b -r  m bou)n. A musical instrument with a gourd resonator and a single steel wire stretched across a long pole or stick. [Portuguese, from Kimbundu mbi-rimbau : mbi-, n. pref. + -rimbau, berimbau.] |
berimbau [berĩˈbɒw]
n
(Music / Instruments) a Brazilian single-stringed bowed instrument, used to accompany capoeira
[from the quimbundo (an Angolan language) word mbirimbau]
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