Gourd vs Akonting - What's the difference?
gourd | akonting |
Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria'' and ''Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria'' or ''Cucurbita .
The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration.
(obsolete) Any of the climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes watermelon, pumpkins, and cucumbers.
(informal) loaded dice.
(slang) Head.
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(musical instrument) The 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.
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 2, author=The New York Times, title=New CDs, work=New York Times
, passage=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. }}
As nouns the difference between gourd and akonting
is that gourd is any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera lagenaria'' and ''cucurbita (in cucurbitaceae) while akonting is (musical instrument) the 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.gourd
English
(wikipedia gourd)Noun
(en noun)- I got so stoned last night. I was out of my gourd .
Derived terms
* gourdfulSee also
* basket * bucket * calabash * calabazaExternal links
*American Gourd Society
References
akonting
English
Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia akonting)citation