didgeridoo

• didjeridu, didjeridoo, digeridoo

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.^[1] In 2002, Lonergan proposed that the term could derive from Irish dúdaire dubh (“black hummer”) or Scottish Gaelic dùdaire dùth (“native piper”),^[2] 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).

• enPR: dĭj'ər-ē-do͞oʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌdɪd͡ʒ.əɹ.iˈduː/

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• Hyphenation: did‧ger‧i‧doo

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

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

1. (rare) To play the digeridoo.

• iDIDJ Didgeridoo Cultural Hub of Australia Definition of didgeridoo & more

Borrowed from English didgeridoo.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɪ.dʒə.riˈdu/.

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• Hyphenation: did‧ge‧ri‧doo

didgeridoo m (plural didgeridoos, diminutive didgeridootje n)

1. didgeridoo

• didge

didgeridoo m (plural didgeridoos)

1. didgeridoo (Australian Aboriginal musical instrument)

Unadapted borrowing from English didgeridoo.

didgeridoo m (plural didgeridoos)

1. didgeridoo

didgeridoo c

1. didgeridoo