sekere

See also: sèkèrè and Sèkèrè

English

percussion instrument

Alternative forms

sèkèrè, shekere, shakeree

Etymology

From Yoruba ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀.

Noun

sekere (plural sekeres)

A musical instrument consisting of a gourd surrounded by a net of beads.
- 1989 April 22, Ellen Hendrix, “Women Of The Calabash Heat Up The Hall”, in Gay Community News, page 6:
  They took up their West African drums, Nigerian shekeres, Trinidadian steel drums (plus a slew of other instruments), and just cut loose for the next couple of hours.
The sekere may be twisted, shaken or slapped to produce a subtle variety of effects.

Synonyms

güiro, abwe

Translations

musical instrument

Catalan: xequeré (ca) m
French: chekeré m
Portuguese: xequerê m
Spanish: chekeré m
Yoruba: ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀

See also

sekere on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
afoxé

References

“‖sekere” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

seeker, reseek, Seeker, Ersekë, kreese

Afrikaans

Etymology

See seker.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɪəkərə/
Audio (file)

Determiner

sekere

some, certain

Adjective

sekere

attributive form of seker

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