nose flute
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9.5
- noun
- /noʊz fluːt/
:
flauta nasal
- He learned to play traditional songs on the nose flute during his trip to Hawaii.
Examples
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A series of experiences eventually led him back to the Hawaiian nose flute.
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A handmade traditional Hawaiian nose flute is placed beside each of your ears.
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If I hear you talking about anything but the nose flute, I'm going to crack you on the head and call your parents.
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Anthony Natividad did not immediately recognize the nose flute as his calling.
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Then, while the youth played a nose flute, the practitioner sang: secret words, close to Helsse's ears.
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The camp was run by Hawaiians, and all the activities were Hawaiian activities: one was the nose flute.
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If music is an expression of who we are, the nose flute is an instrument of sincerity and purity.
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Uncle John Naone, who has since passed away, pulled the kids aside, picked up a nose flute he had made from bamboo, and played for them.
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"The sound of the nose flute is played for souls... not just our own, but the souls of your ancestors and any ancestor in the area."
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At the festival, she amazed everyone with her skills on the nose flute.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'nose flute' transparently combines 'nose' and 'flute' to indicate a flute associated with the nose (i.e., played by blowing air through the nostrils), so a learner who knows both words can infer the instrument's nature. This follows a regular noun+noun compounding pattern common across languages and is compositional rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
Nose flute names a small flute you play with your nose. The simple image to remember is someone blowing air through the nose into the flute, so the name shows it is 'played with the nose'.