didgeridoo

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English

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A didgeridoo

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely onomatopoeic in reference to the sound made by the instrument, or the words spoken into the instrument to play it.

The earliest known description of the instrument was in 1829 by Captain Collet Barker, in which it was described as making the sound didoggerry whoan. In 2002, Lonergan proposed that the term could derive from Irish dúdaire dubh (black hummer) or Scottish Gaelic dùdaire dùth (native piper), though this seems to be coincidental, since there is no corroborating evidence and the terms would refer to the player (rather than the instrument itself).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: dĭj'ər-ē-do͞oʹ, IPA(key): /ˌdɪd͡ʒ.əɹ.iˈduː/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Hyphenation: did‧ger‧i‧doo

Noun

didgeridoo (plural didgeridoos)

  1. A musical instrument, endemic to the Top End of Australia, consisting of a long hollowed-out log which, when blown into, produces a low, deep mesmerising drone with sweeping rhythms.
    Synonyms: didge, yidaki

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

didgeridoo (third-person singular simple present didgeridoos, present participle didgeridooing, simple past and past participle didgeridooed)

  1. (rare) To play the digeridoo.

References

  1. ^ Barker, Collet (1829) Captain Collet Barker: Journal at Raffles Bay, 13 Sep 1828 - 29 Aug 1829
  2. ^ Lonergan, Dymphna (2002) “Why is it called a didgeridoo?”, in TAIN: The Australian Irish Network, volume 19

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English didgeridoo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdɪ.dʒə.riˈdu/.
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: did‧ge‧ri‧doo

Noun

didgeridoo m (plural didgeridoos, diminutive didgeridootje n)

  1. didgeridoo

Derived terms

Portuguese

Noun

didgeridoo m (plural didgeridoos)

  1. didgeridoo (Australian Aboriginal musical instrument)

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English didgeridoo.

Noun

didgeridoo m (plural didgeridoos)

  1. didgeridoo

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Swedish

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Noun

didgeridoo c

  1. didgeridoo

Declension

Declension of didgeridoo
nominative genitive
singular indefinite didgeridoo didgeridoos
definite didgeridoon didgeridoons
plural indefinite didgeridooer didgeridooers
definite didgeridooerna didgeridooernas