cajón

English

noun

Definitions

(musical instrument) A box-shaped percussion instrument played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes various implements.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian cajón (coffin, drawer).

Origin

Spanish

cajón

Gloss

coffin, drawer

Concept

Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

棺

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

cajonist English
caja Spanish, Castilian
cajonear Spanish, Castilian
cajonero Spanish, Castilian
cajón Spanish, Castilian
encajonar Spanish, Castilian
cajón Portuguese
kahon Cebuano
kahon Tagalog
casciuni Sicilian
caxu Tetelcingo Nahuatl

cajonist