akonting

English

Alternative forms

• ekonting

Etymology

Borrowed from Jola-Fonyi.

Noun

akonting (plural akontings)

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.
   • 2009 March 2, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     But there’s no less spirit in the singing and thumb piano playing of Ruth Akello, an unheralded Ugandan, or in the banjo-like akonting playing of the Jatta family, in Gambia.

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

References

• 2011. Now You See Her. Joey Fielding. Pg. 156.

Anagrams

• taking on