ramkie
Meanings
noun
- An improvised guitar-like string instrument made from a discarded oil can, with or without frets, most commonly with three or four strings made from either fishing line or a bicycle brake wire, originating in the folk music of Southern Africa.
Word forms
Etymology
From Afrikaans ramkie, from Portuguese rabequinha (“little fiddle”).
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