guiroとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Spanish güiro.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈɡwɪɹoʊ/, /ˈɡwiːɹoʊ/
• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈɡwaɪɹəʊ/
• 韻: -ɪəɹəʊ

名詞

guiro (plural guiros)

1. Synonym of sekere
2. (music) A musical instrument, a shaker, made of a hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side, and played by rubbing a stick or scraper ("pua") along the notches to produce a ratchet-like sound.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 721:

     The house band consisted of gigantic guitars, fiddles, trumpets, and accordion, with rhythms provided by a batería including timbales, guiros, and congas.

3. (music) A genre of traditional Cuban music, used in santería rituals.

同意語

Synonyms for the shaker

• ralabazo, guayo, güiro, ralladera, rascador, rayo, güira: (Cuba)
• guayo, güiro, candungo, carracho, guicharo: (Puerto Rico)
• guira: (Dominican Republic)
• guacharacha: (Colombia)
• reco-reco: (Brazil)

参照

• "Güiro" in Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Pg. 373.
• "Güiros" in Music in Latin America and the Caribbean. Pg. 71.