Definition
A traditional West African musical instrument, related to the marimba, consisting of wooden bars struck with mallets over resonating gourds.
Etymology
From Bantu languages of Central and West Africa; 'bolimba' combines the Bantu root 'bali' (many) with 'imba' (song), literally 'many songs' or 'rich music'.
Kelly Says
The bolimba shares an ancient ancestry with Asian and Latin American percussion instruments—it's evidence of how humans independently invented the same brilliant idea for making music across continents and millennia!
Translations
ARالعربية
بولي mba
bo-li mba
BNবাংলা
বোলি mba
bo-li mba
CACatalà
bolimba
bo-li-mba
CSČeština
bolimba
bo-li-mba
DADansk
bolimba
bo-li-mba
DEDeutsch
bolimba
bo-li-mba
ELΕλληνικά
bolimba
bo-li-mba
ESEspañol
bolimba
bo-li-mba
FAفارسی
بولی mba
bo-li mba
FISuomi
bolimba
bo-li-mba
FRFrançais
bolimba
bo-li-mba
HEעברית
בולי mba
bo-li mba
HIहिन्दी
बोली mba
bo-li mba
HUMagyar
bolimba
bo-li-mba
IDBahasa Indonesia
bolimba
bo-li-mba
ITItaliano
bolimba
bo-li-mba
MSBahasa Melayu
bolimba
bo-li-mba
MYမြန်မာ
ဗိုလီ mba
bo-li mba
NLNederlands
bolimba
bo-li-mba
NONorsk
bolimba
bo-li-mba
PLPolski
bolimba
bo-li-mba
PTPortuguês
bolimba
bo-li-mba
RORomână
bolimba
bo-li-mba
RUРусский
боли mba
bo-li mba
SVSvenska
bolimba
bo-li-mba
SWKiswahili
bolimba
bo-li-mba
TAதமிழ்
போலி mba
po-li mba
TEతెలుగు
బోలి mba
bo-li mba
TRTürkçe
bolimba
bo-li-mba
UKУкраїнська
боли mba
bo-li mba
URاردو
بولي mba
bo-li mba
VITiếng Việt
bolimba
bo-li-mba