ARABIC-L: GEN: Algerian Music response

[Dilworth B. Parkinson]

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1) Subject: Algerian Music

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Date: 28 Jan 1999
From: "Dr Salah D. Hammoud, 333-4580" <HammoudSD.DFF.USAFA at usafa.af.mil>
Subject: Algerian Music

Re: "Koubou"

Without knowing the song or at least the words in the lyrics which
immediately follow, it is hard to tell.  But I suspect "koubou" is the
plural form of the imperative "koub" meaning "pour!" as in pour the tea!

Salah.

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