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atambor.
(a loanword from Spanish)
Headword:
atambor.
Principal English Translation:
kettle drum
Attestations from sources in English:
auh no yehuatl yn inyaohuehueuh atambores. chicuacentetl yn oncan quihuicaque quitzotzontiaque. = “And they also took along six war drums, kettle drums, that they went beating” (Chimalpahin 2006: 208). [annals (AHT); time range: 1612]