Ocarina
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oc·a·ri·na 
[ok-uh-ree-nuh] Pronunciation Key
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[ok-uh-ree-nuh] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes. |
Also called sweet potato.
[Origin: < It, orig. dial. (Emilia), dim. of oca goose (< LL auca, contr. of *avica, deriv. of L avis bird), so called from the instrument's shape; appar. the name given to it by Giuseppe Donati of Budrio, near Bologna, who popularized a ceramic version c1860]
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oc·a·ri·nist, noun
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oc·a·ri·na
(ŏk'ə-rē'nə) Pronunciation Key
(click for larger image in new window) n. A small terra-cotta or plastic wind instrument with finger holes, a mouthpiece, and an elongated ovoid shape. [Italian, from dialectal ucarenna, diminutive of Italian oca, goose (from the fact that its mouthpiece is shaped like a goose's beak), from Vulgar Latin *auca, from *avica, from Latin avis, bird; see awi- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ocarina
ocarina
1877, from It. ocarina, dim. of oca "goose" (so called for its shape), from V.L. *auca, from L. avicula "small bird," dim. of avis "bird" (see aviary).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| ocarina | |
noun | |
| egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Ocarina
Oc`a*ri"na\, n. [Cf. It. carino pretty.] (Mus.) A kind of small simple wind instrument.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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