English Explanatory Dictionary

akonting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A folk lute of the Jola people of West Africa; a banjo-like instrument with a skin-headed gourd body, two long melody strings, and one short drone string.

Word forms

akonting akontings ekonting

Etymology

Borrowed from Jola-Fonyi.

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