macoro

n. · class 6/6

horns, trumpets. Horns. Musical wind instruments made from animal horns or metal, blown to produce sound; trumpets or ceremonial horns used in religious ceremonies, warfare, or announcements.

Example: Mũgoocei o mũkĩanithagia macoro; (Give praise with blasts upon the horn, 150:3ff] Ps 81:3–4; 149:3; 2 Sm 6:5; 1 Chr 13:8; 16:5, 42; 2 Chr 5:12–13; 7:6.); Nao araika arĩa mũgwanja maarĩ ma macoro marĩa mũgwanja makĩĩhaarĩria mamagambie. (The seven angels who were holding the seven trumpets prepared to blow them. 16:1–21.)

Related words

gĩcoro — fluid drainage from a hut in which goats and sheep are kept; wet or slushy anima

coro — blowing horn (sometimes made of wood); emblem of authority of the ruling generat

mũcoro — cone, pointed shape

rũcora — (see under njora)

cora — to draw, sketch, mark; 2. draw (wavy lines), scribble; 3. decorate, draw pattern