sekere

• sèkèrè, shekere, shakeree

From Yoruba ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀.

sekere (plural sekeres)

1. A musical instrument consisting of a gourd surrounded by a net of beads.

   The sekere may be twisted, shaken or slapped to produce a subtle variety of effects.

   • 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.

• güiro, abwe

• sekere on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• afoxé

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

• seeker, reseek, Seeker, Ersekë, kreese

See seker.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪəkərə/

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sekere

1. some, certain

sekere

1. attributive form of seker