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* ''yaridhūs'' — brewery bar (just like ''javihumāyikai'' but with beer instead of liqueurs or wines) | * ''yaridhūs'' — brewery bar (just like ''javihumāyikai'' but with beer instead of liqueurs or wines) | ||
* ''yųlkita'' — an upscale, formal restaurant, not really common except for large cities. Commonly they are still referred to as ''ladragyalai''. | * ''yųlkita'' — an upscale, formal restaurant, not really common except for large cities. Commonly they are still referred to as ''ladragyalai''. | ||
==Music== | |||
* '''nakṣuma''' — music | |||
* ''lijas'' — song | |||
* ''pamica'' — key | |||
* ''pañcilāṇa'' — keyboard | |||
* ''nakṣuṃlila'' — musician | |||
* ''suma'' — note | |||
* ''sumbęnta'' — string | |||
** ''lafmąlkire sumbęnta'' — sympathetic string | |||
* ''suṃghāṇa'' — melody | |||
Note that there is no general term for "to play" an instrument; each class of instruments uses a different verb - for example, wind instruments use ''heimake'' (otherwise meaning "to blow"). | |||
===Wind instruments=== | |||
* '''heimake''' — to play an aerophone; to blow (player of an aerophone: ''—heimīn'') | |||
* ''bhaivyāvam'' — oboe | |||
* ''entai'' — harmonica (typical instrument in the East and Northeast) | |||
* ''pamilairāh'' — harmonium (free reed organ) | |||
* ''spluga'' — a free reed ''sheng''-like instrument, peculiar of the Northern Plain and of the Near East | |||
===Percussions=== | |||
* '''tulge''' — to play percussions; to hit (player of a percussion instrument: ''-togīn'') | |||
* '''panaɂa''' — drum (generic) | |||
* ''ḍaltaka'' — berimbau-like percussion | |||
===Strings=== | |||
* ''bahīrah'' — a sitar-like instrument, typically with 7 played strings and 18 sympathetic ones. Extensively used in all kinds of music of the Plain and in devotional music. | |||
* ''mūdham'' — lute | |||
===Singing=== | |||
* '''lījake''' — to sing | |||
* ''heicā'' — wordless rhythmic chant | |||
===Genres=== | |||
* ''kerachomā'' — popular non-classical music genre originally from the East and Northeast, today one of the most popular in the whole Inquisition, somewhat reminescent of 60s country music. | |||
==Abbreviations used== | ==Abbreviations used== | ||