timpana

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English

Noun

timpana

plural of timpanum

Anagrams

tamapin, Patmian

Old English

Alternative forms

tympana

Etymology

From Latin tympanum, from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon), from τύπτω (túptō, “I strike, I hit”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtim.pɑ.nɑ/

Noun

timpana m (nominative plural timpana)

a small drum, tabor, timbrel, tabret
Ic filigde ðē mid timpanum and mid hearpum
I attended thee with timbrels and with harps

Hergaþ hine in timpanan
Herry him on a timbrel

Plægiend timpanan
Player of a timbrel

Declension

Declension of timpanaa (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	timpanaa	timpanaan
accusative	timpanaan	timpanaan
genitive	timpanaan	timpanaena
dative	timpanaan	timpanaum

Synonyms

tunnebotm (“cask-bottom”)
hylsung

Related terms

timpestere (“timbrel player”)

Descendants

Middle English: timpan

See also

bell (“bell”), handbell (“bell”)
citere (“cithara”)
fiþele (“fiddle, rebec”)
hearpe (“harp”), gamenwudu (“play-wood”)
horn (“horn”), sweġelhorn, blǣdhorn (“trumpet”)
hwistle (“whistle, flute”)
organe (“organ”)
pīpe (“pipe”), *hrēodpīpe (“reed-pipe from 'hrēodpīpere'”)
saltere (“psaltery”)

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