ghommaliedjie, noun

/ˈɡɔməˌliki//ˈɡɒməˌliki//ˈɡɔməˌlici/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, ghomma (see ghomma) + liedjie (see liedjie).
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A traditional song of the Cape Muslims, originally accompanied on a ghomma, now also played on other instruments. See also liedjie.
1934 Cape Argus 9 May (Swart)The gomma liedjies are sung in Afrikaans and are lively jig melodies with very simple music.
1934 C.P. Swart Supplement to Pettman. 60Gomma Liedjies,..The folk-songs of the Cape Malays..are a traditional form of entertainment..and have been faithfully handed down since 1750 by word of mouth.
1944 I.D. Du Plessis Cape Malays 58In one way..the indigenous Ghommaliedjie resembles the Malay pantun: there is no connection, or very little, between the first part of the song and the second;..this is..to be ascribed to the nature of this type of picnic or street song, which is often disjointed because fragments are added by individual singers according to their needs.
1946 L.G. Green So Few Are Free 14The songs..peculiar to the Cape Malays..are called gommaliedjies. Some..were known in Holland centuries ago;..they are kept alive by Malays whose ancestors heard Dutch sailors singing them.
1953 Du Plessis & Lückhoff Malay Quarter 46The ghommaliedjie or picnic song is invariably accompanied upon a single-headed drum.
1962 Coloured People of S. Afr. (Dept of Info. & Dept of Coloured Affairs) 45A long-playing record entitled Malay Quarter — Songs of the Cape Malays..was made available..during..1960. The 14 songs include wedding songs, comic moppies, picnic songs (Ghommaliedjies) and Dutch folk songs.
1973 E. Prov. Herald 24 Jan. 16Distinctive old houses, pastel mosques with their decorative minarets and chanting muezzins, elaborate wedding ceremonies, folk tales and ghommaliedjies, are all part of the fascination of Cape Town’s Islamic Malay quarter.
1973 F. Chisholm in Cape Times 4 Apr. 5The sounds of beautifully harmonized singing of gomma liedjies, those favourite Malay folk songs, from a group of spectators.
1981 Weekend Post 28 Feb. (Family Post) 3A selection of ‘Gommaliedjies’ from the Cape underline their back-grounds.
1988 J. Khumalo in Pace May 32When the..‘District Six’ musical hit Jo’burg..it brought a whiff of the good old Cape Town with its banjos and ghoemaliedjies.
1989 D. Kramer in ADA No.7, 8Looking at Western Cape music,..with the ‘Moppies’ and the ‘goema liedjies’.., was very important.
1992 Summer School Brochure (Univ. of Cape Town) 28Working class versions of life in Cape Town, through the ‘ghommaliedjies’ of the Cape Muslims and the poems of the /xam will..be discussed.
A traditional song of the Cape Muslims, originally accompanied on a ghomma, now also played on other instruments.
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ghomma, goema, nounn.ghonya, nounn.
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