timpana
English
Noun
timpana
- plural of timpanum
Old English
Alternative forms
- tympana
Etymology
From Latin tympanum, from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon), from τύπτω (túptō, “I strike, I hit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtim.pɑ.nɑ/
Noun
timpana m (nominative plural timpana)
- a small drum, tabor, timbrel, tabret
- Ic filigde ðē mid timpanum and mid hearpum
- I attended thee with timbrels and with harps
- Hergaþ hine in timpanan
- Herry him on a timbrel
- Plægiend timpanan
- Player of a timbrel
Declension
Declension of timpana (weak)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | timpanaa | timpanaan |
| accusative | timpanaan | timpanaan |
| genitive | timpanaan | timpanaena |
| dative | timpanaan | timpanaum |
Synonyms
- tunnebotm (“cask-bottom”)
- hylsung
Related terms
- timpestere (“timbrel player”)
Descendants
- Middle English: timpan
See also
- bell (“bell”), handbell (“bell”)
- citere (“cithara”)
- fiþele (“fiddle, rebec”)
- hearpe (“harp”), gamenwudu (“play-wood”)
- horn (“horn”), sweġelhorn, blǣdhorn (“trumpet”)
- hwistle (“whistle, flute”)
- organe (“organ”)
- pīpe (“pipe”), *hrēodpīpe (“reed-pipe from 'hrēodpīpere'”)
- saltere (“psaltery”)