The instrument is known by different names in different regions of Africa, including Mbira, Mbila, Mbira Huru, Mbira Njari, Hurdy Gurdy, Mbira Nyunga, Marimba, Karimba, Kalimba, Likembe, and Okeme, as well as marímbula ( also called kalimba ) in the Caribbean Islands.

This does not mean that the episcopate, in the sense of the holder of the order or office of bishop, must have developed only later, or have been plural, because in each church the college or presbyter-overseers ( also called " presbyter-bishops ") did not exercise an independent supreme power ; it was subject to the Apostles or to their delegates.

A die ( plural dice, from Old French dé, from Latin datum " something which is given or played ") is a small throwable object with multiple resting positions, used for generating random numbers.

A draugr, draug or ( Icelandic ) draugur ( original Old Norse plural draugar, as used here, not " draugrs "), or draugen ( Norwegian, Swedish and Danish, meaning " the draug "), also known as aptrganga (" afturgöngur " in modern Icelandic ) ( literally " after-walker ", or " one who walks after death ") is an undead creature from Norse mythology, a subset of Germanic mythology.

The Hebrew term Midrash (; plural midrashim, " story " from " to investigate " or " study ") also " Interpretation " or " Exposition " is a homiletic method of biblical exegesis.

The Morrígan (" phantom queen ") or Mórrígan (" great queen "), also written as Morrígu or in the plural as Morrígna, and spelt Morríghan or Mór-ríoghain in Modern Irish, is a figure from Irish mythology who appears to have been considered a goddess, although she is not explicitly referred to as such in the texts.

Cormac's Glossary ( also 9th century ), and a gloss in the later manuscript H. 3. 18, both explain the plural word gudemain (" spectres ") with the plural form morrígna.

In the Portuguese language, " motel " ( plural: " motéis ") commonly refers not to the original drive-up accommodation house for motorists but to an " adult motel " or love hotel with amenities such as jacuzzi baths, in-room pornography, candles and oversize or non-standard-shaped beds in various honeymoon-suite styles.

A corpus ( plural, " corpora ") is a set of documents ( or sometimes, individual sentences ) that have been hand-annotated with the correct values to be learned.

The word opera means " work " in Italian ( it is the plural of Latin opus meaning " work " or " labour ") suggesting that it combines the arts of solo and choral singing, declamation, acting and dancing in a staged spectacle.

An oxymoron ( plural oxymora or oxymorons ) ( from Greek ὀξύμωρον, " sharp dull ") is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms.

In the 20th and 21st century, he appeared in movies, in fantasy, in video games and in role play, where by extension, the term " pegasus " ( plural: " pegasi ") is often used to refer to any winged horse.

A spermatozoon ( alternate spelling spermatozoön ; plural spermatozoa ; from " seed " and " living being ") is a motile sperm cell, or moving form of the haploid cell that is the male gamete.

Elah ( Hebrew: א ֵ ל ָ ה ), ( plural " elim ") is the Aramaic word for " awesome ".

These were later printed as " Zohar Chadash ," but Zohar Chadash actually contains parts that pertain to the Zohar, and also contains Tikunim ( plural of Tikun, " Repair ") that are akin to Tikunei haZohar, as described below.

As a noun it refers to fecal matter ( excrement ) and as a verb it means to defecate or defecate in ; in the plural (" the shits ") it means diarrhea.

The equivalent Roman name was " ad Pontes " ( plural " at the bridges ") implying that there was more than one bridge and it is believed that these bridges traversed Church Island.

") It is possible that his speech was a later addition to the epic, as Achilles continually uses a special dual verb form in speaking with his guests, rather than a more appropriate plural form.

An aurora ( plural: aurorae or auroras ; from the Latin word aurora, " dawn ") is a natural light display in the sky particularly in the high latitude ( Arctic and Antarctic ) regions, caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere ( thermosphere ).

Some ( very rare ) nouns change gender according to the way they are used: the words amour, délice (" love " and " delight, pleasure ") are masculine in singular and feminine in plural ; the word orgue (" organ ") is masculine, but when used emphatically in plural to refer to a church organ it becomes feminine ( les grandes orgues ); the plural name gens (" people ") changes gender in a very unusual way, depending on the adjectives that are used with it.

A ( named a, plural aes ) is the first letter and vowel in the ISO basic Latin alphabet.

The abacus ( plural abaci or abacuses ), also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool used primarily in parts of Asia for performing arithmetic processes.

The preferred plural of abacus is a subject of disagreement, with both abacuses and abaci in use.

Specifically, is the neuter plural of, an adjective related to the verb ἀποκρύπτω ἀποκρύπτειν ( apocriptein ), " to hide something away.

An acropolis (; akros, akron, edge, extremity + polis, city ; plural: acropoleis or acropolises ) is a settlement, especially a citadel, built upon an area of elevated ground — frequently a hill with precipitous sides, chosen for purposes of defense.

The term " Almoravid " comes from the Arabic " al-Murabitun " () which is the plural form of " al-Murabit " literally meaning " One who is tying " but figuratively means " one who is ready for battle at a fortress ".

Arthritis ( from Greek arthro -, joint +-itis, inflammation ; plural: arthritides ) is a form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints.

In BrE, collective nouns can take either singular ( formal agreement ) or plural ( notional agreement ) verb forms, according to whether the emphasis is on the body as a whole or on the individual members respectively ; compare a committee was appointed with the committee were unable to agree.

Proper nouns that are plural in form take a plural verb in both AmE and BrE ; for example, The Beatles are a well-known band ; The Saints are the champions, with one major exception: largely for historical reasons, in American English, the United States is is almost universal.

( plural ), the term used to identify those who practice Ásatrú is a compound with ( Old Norse ) " man ".

In English usage, the genitive " of Æsir faith " is often used on its own to denote adherents ( both singular and plural ).

A Goði or Gothi ( plural goðar ) is the historical Old Norse term for a priest and chieftain in Norse paganism.

The Western suffix-e is from the Classical singular and the Eastern suffix-its is from the Classical plural ; both have been generalized for singular and plural in the dialects that use them.

In ancient Roman religion, an aedicula ( plural aediculae ) is a small shrine.

Amphisbaena (, plural: amphisbaenae ), amphisbaina, amphisbene, amphisboena, amphisbona, amphista, amphivena, or anphivena ( the last two being feminine ), a Greek word, from amphis, meaning " both ways ", and bainein, meaning " to go ", also called the Mother of Ants, is a mythological, ant-eating serpent with a head at each end.

The currency of the country is the lev ( plural leva ), pegged to the euro at a rate of 1. 95583 leva for 1 euro.

The fruit is a peculiar kind of capsule named siliqua ( plural siliquae, American English silique / siliques ).

The word Mormon is often associated with polygamy ( or plural marriage ), which was a distinguishing practice of many early Mormons ; however it was renounced by the LDS Church in 1890,

The principle most often associated with fundamental latter-day saint teachings is plural marriage, a form of polygyny first taught by Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement.

In the Christian polemic of the Church Fathers, Cardea is associated with two otherwise unknown deities who preside over doorways: Forculus, from fores, " door ", plural in form because double doors were common on public buildings and elite homes ( domūs ); and Limentinus, from limen, liminis, " threshold " ( compare English " liminal ").

In Aztec mythology, a Tzitzimitl ( plural Tzitzimimeh ) is a deity associated with stars.

Words of other types, such as verbs, adjectives and pronouns, also frequently have distinct plural forms, which are used in agreement with the number of their associated nouns.

For instance, many of the figures who came to be best associated with plural marriage, including Church President Brigham Young and his counselor Heber C. Kimball, expressed revulsion at the system when it was first introduced to them.

The term might be linguistically compounded Hazara and the suffix jat ; jat is a suffix that otherwise is used to make root words associated with food and inanimate objects plural as is the case with sabzijat ( سبزىجات ) vegetables or herbs.

Magi (; Latin plural of magus ; magos ; Old Persian: maguš, mogh ; English singular magian, mage, magus, magusian, magusaean ) is a term, used since at least the 4th century BC, to denote followers of Zoroaster, or rather, followers of what the Hellenistic world associated Zoroaster with, which was – in the main – the ability to read the stars, and manipulate the fate that the stars foretold.

In Norse mythology, a dís (" lady ", plural dísir ) is a ghost, spirit or deity associated with fate who can be both benevolent and antagonistic towards mortal people.

Potato pancakes are commonly associated with traditional cuisines of Luxembourg ( gromperekichelcher ), Latvia ( as kartupeļu pankūkas ), Lithuania ( as bulviniai blynai ), Austria, Belarus ( as draniki ), Germany ( e. g. as Kartoffelpuffer ), Poland ( as placki ziemniaczane ), Ukraine ( as deruny ), Ashkenazi Jewry ( as latkes or latkas ( Yiddish: לא ַ טקעס, Hebrew: לביבה levivah, plural לביבות levivot )), Hungary, Slovakia, Persia and the Czech Rep. ( as bramborák or cmunda ), although other cuisines have adopted similar dishes.

* Nippy ( plural nippies ), a specific type of waitress associated with the J. Lyons & Co brand of tea, and its tea shops and cafes in the UK.

Dungeons, in the plural, have come to be associated with underground complexes of cells and torture chambers.

The principle most often associated with Mormon fundamentalism is plural marriage, a form of polygyny first taught by Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement.

Recently, Linnebo & Nicolas ( 2008 ) have suggested that natural languages often contain superplural variables ( and associated quantifiers ) such as " these people, those people, and these other people compete against each other " ( e. g. as teams in an online game ), while Nicolas ( 2008 ) has argued that plural logic should be used to account for the semantics of mass nouns, like " wine " and " furniture ".

( plural kigo ) is a word or phrase associated with a particular season, used in Japanese poetry.

Scutum (; plural scuta ) is the Latin word for " shield ", although it has in modern times come to be specifically associated with the rectangular, semi-cylindrical body shield carried by Roman legionaries.

The United States consumer sales promotion known as a sweepstake ( also known by its inflected forms which are both single and plural: sweepstakes and sweeps ) has become associated with marketing promotions targeted toward both generating enthusiasm and providing incentive reactions among customers by enticing consumers to submit free entries into drawings of chance ( and not skill ) that are tied to product or service awareness wherein the featured prizes are given away by sponsoring companies.

In Polish Ł often alternates with clear L, such as the plural forms of adjectives and verbs in the past tense that are associated with masculine personal nouns, e. g. mały → mali ( → ).

:* plural marriage, a form of polygyny associated with the Latter Day Saint movement in the 19th-century and with present-day splinter groups from that faith.

An index ( plural: indexes ) is a list of words or phrases (' headings ') and associated pointers (' locators ') to where useful material relating to that heading can be found in a document.

In Spain, carquinyoli (, plural carquinyolis ), are made with whole or sliced almonds, typical of Catalonia and also associated with the regions of Aragon.

In social relationships, an ex ( plural is exes ) is someone with whom a person was once associated.

Apart from a few frequent verbs which are considered totally irregular ( mainly avoir, être, aller and faire ), for each tense of each mood a series of six endings ( one for each person singular and plural ) is associated to a group or subgroup of verbs.

manele, the plural form being more common ) is a music style from Romania, generally associated with the Romani ( Gypsy ) minority, though not exclusively.