# adufe
## English
### Etymology

From Portuguese adufe.

### Noun

adufe (plural adufes)
* A traditional square tambourine, found in Portugal and elsewhere, of Moorish origin.
** 1999, Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo, World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 227:A feature of Beira Baixa music, and found elsewhere too, is the adufe.
** 2005, Sergio Navarrete Pellicer, Maya Achi Marimba Music in Guatemala with CD (Audio), Temple University Press, →ISBN, page 100:[...] we can identify the following rhythmic sesquialtera pattern in the melody played on the violin and the adufe drum, which make the connection ...
** 2012, Matt Dean, The Drum: A History, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 28:The adufe is also found in Egypt. This double-headed square frame drum, which is roughly the same size as the tar, may have bells attached inside the drum for varying timbres.

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adufe, from Arabic الدُّفّ (ad-duff, “tambourine”), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯 (dp /⁠dap⁠/, “daf”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, “tablet”). Compare Portuguese adufe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aˈðufɪ]

### Noun

adufe m (plural adufes)
* (music) kind of squared tambourine of Arab origin
    Synonym: pandeiro
** 1753, Diego Antonio Cernadas y Castro, Mingotiña, si está alá:Falas como nun Cortello è ainda hà de aver un estrozo, pois sin ver que o fol è mozo, dàs nel como nun fol vello: ay Mingota eu chè aconsello, non fagas con que se atufe, librenos Dios de que bufe, por que si colle un fumeiro en boas mans està ô Pandeiro para quentarche ô adufe.You speak as a stable, and yet there will be a wreck, because, don't seeing that the bag is young, you hit it as if it was old: oh, Mingota, I recommend that you don't anger him, God save us from him seething, because if he grabs a club the tambourine is in good hands for heating your adufe drum

#### Derived terms

* adufeiro

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “adufe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “adufe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “adufe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “adufe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* aduffe

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الدُّفّ (ad-duff, “tambourine”), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯 (dp /⁠dap⁠/, “daf”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, “tablet”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈdu.fe/

### Noun

adufe m (plural adufes)
* (music) a traditional square tambourine of Moorish origin
** 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Martin de Ginzo, B 1277: A do mui bon parecer (facsimile)
    Mandoulo aduffe tanger[she] ordered [them] to play the adufe

#### Descendants

* Galician: adufe
* Portuguese: adufe, adufo

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "adufe"

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* adufo

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adufe, from Arabic الدُّفّ (ad-duff, “tambourine”), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯 (dp /⁠dap⁠/, “daf”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, “tablet”). Compare Galician adufe.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈdu.fi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈdu.fi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈdu.fe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈdu.fɨ/ [ɐˈðu.fɨ]
* Hyphenation: a‧du‧fe

### Noun

adufe m (plural adufes)
* (music) a traditional square tambourine of Moorish origin