khene
/kɛːn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A traditional musical instrument of Laos, being a type of bamboo mouth organ.
Example Sentences
- "There are processions led by dancers with castanets and accompanied by musicians playing the Kène."
- "The khene was once used to call warriors to fight. Now it is used for ceremonies."
- "The Lao khaen, however, is the most sophisticated of all the bamboo mouth organs – it takes great skill to play it properly."
- "I then suggested that he should play a tune on the khène while I improvised an accompaniment on the ukelele."
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Frequently Paired Words
kèn