quena
English

Alternative forms
Noun
quena (plural quenas)
- (music) A traditional flute of the Andes.
- Coordinate term: charango
- 1978 April 14, “Music: Inti‐Illimani, From the Andes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- One song the group performed on Thursday, “La Partida,” featured lovely bell harmonics from the guitars, a shifting pattern of cross‐rhythms on the guitar‐like charango, and a quena lead.
- 2013 December 31, William Neuman, “Headbanging in Bolivia to the Flutes of Yore”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- As the band’s traditional instrumentalist, Yuri Callisaya, shrilled on the quena, the band’s fans sang along with Mr. Méndez: “Ama sua, ama llulla, ama quella,” which translates as, “Don’t steal, don’t lie, don’t be lazy.”
Related terms
Anagrams
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ.
Declension
Declension of quena (ō-stem)
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkena/ [ˈke.na]
- Rhymes: -ena
- Syllabification: que‧na
Noun
quena f (plural quenas)
- a type of reed flute from Peru
- (Latin America) pan flute
- Synonym: zampoña
Derived terms
Further reading
- “quena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
quena on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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