churumbela

Either from Middle French charumelle or Occitan charamela.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuɾumˈbela/ [t͡ʃu.ɾũmˈbe.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: chu‧rum‧be‧la

churumbela f (plural churumbelas)

1. (music) a woodwind instrument similar to the chirimia [from mid-15th c.]
2. (Colombia) a tobacco pipe [from early 19th c.]

• “churumbela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “churumbela”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “churumbela”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 5th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 1 April 2021, →ISSN