"abeng" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈbɛŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /æ-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈbɛŋ/ [General-American], /æ-/ [General-American], /æˈbɛŋ/ [Caribbean], /ˈæbɛŋ/ [Caribbean] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-abeng.wav [Southern-England] Forms: abengs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Jamaican Creole abeng, from Akan abɛŋ (“animal horn; wind instrument”) (Twi). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|jam|abeng}} Jamaican Creole abeng, {{der|en|ak|abɛŋ|t=animal horn; wind instrument}} Akan abɛŋ (“animal horn; wind instrument”), {{qualifier|Twi}} (Twi) Head templates: {{en-noun}} abeng (plural abengs)
  1. (Jamaica, music) An animal (usually bull) horn used by the Maroon people of Jamaica as a musical instrument; and also (historical) formerly by slaveholders to summon slaves to canefields and by the Maroon army to communicate cryptic messages over great distances. Wikipedia link: Twi, University of the West Indies Press Tags: Jamaica Categories (topical): Wind instruments Hypernyms: wind instrument Coordinate_terms: sneng Translations (animal horn used by the Maroon people of Jamaica as a musical instrument, etc.): abɛŋ (Akan), abeng (French), абенг (abeng) (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-abeng-en-noun-iFrcPiyR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Jamaican English Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Noun [Jamaican Creole]

IPA: /æˈbɛŋ/, /ˈæbɛŋ/ Forms: abeng dem [plural], abeng [quantified]
Etymology: From Akan abɛŋ (Twi). Etymology templates: {{der|jam|ak|abɛŋ}} Akan abɛŋ, {{qualifier|Twi}} (Twi) Head templates: {{head|jam|nouns|10=|head=abeng}} abeng, {{jam-noun}} abeng (plural abeng dem, quantified abeng)
  1. (music) An abeng (horn of the Jamaican Maroons). Wikipedia link: Twi, University of the West Indies Press Categories (topical): Wind instruments

Inflected forms

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