nanga

From Acholi naŋa.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnaŋə/

nanga (plural nangas)

1. (music) A simple wooden harp or zither used in central and eastern Africa.
   • 1950, Roslyn Rensch, The harp: from Tara's halls to the American schools:

     The "shoulder harp" or "nanga" had a boat-shaped sound chest.

   • 1975, Sibyl Marcuse, A survey of musical instruments, p. 403:

     The nanga of Nubia is similar; here also, long wooden pegs prevent the strings from slipping.

   • 1986, Okot p'Bitek, Artist, the Ruler:

     The artist uses his voice, he sings his laws to the accompaniment of the nanga, the harp; he twists his body to the rhythm of the drums, to proclaim his rules.

• ganna

From Persian لنگر‎ (langar).

nanga (n class, plural nanga)

1. anchor (tool to hook a vessel into sea bottom)