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English
Etymology 1
Noun
agida (uncountable)
- Alternative form of agita
Etymology 2
Noun
agida (plural agidas)
- A large drum used for ceremonial music in Surinam.
1967, Joseph H. Howard, Drums in the Americas:Wedges are used to tense the skin, and the agida is placed on the ground lengthwise for playing.
Etymology 3
Noun
agida (plural agidas)
- A curved drumstick used in Haiti.
2016, Alfred Métraux, Voodoo in Haiti:The person who beats the ségond remains seated with the instrument held firmly between his legs, striking it either with his left or right hand and a forked stick or a small bow (agida) held in the free hand.
Anagrams
Portuguese
Participle
agida f sg
- feminine singular of agido
Spanish
Participle
agida f sg
- feminine singular of agido
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Probably from Ewe adzidá (“drum”), Fon àgiɖá (“drumstick”).[1]
Noun
agida
- (music) agida (a conical bass drum two to three metres long and 40-50 centimetres in diameter, the sound of which resonates in the ground and is used in the Afro-Surinamese Winti religion to communicate with snake gods; it is played with both hands, with the player using a drumstick in one hand)
References
- ^ Norval Smith (2009) “A preliminary list of probable Gbe lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 467.