dundun

See also: dun dun

English

Noun

dundun (plural dunduns)

  1. Alternative form of dun dun (“African drum”).

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Reduplication of dun.

Adjective

dundun

  1. bewildered, stupified, unresponsive

Derived terms

  • a luku dundun, a si frafra

References

J.C.M. Blanker, J. Dubbeldam (2010) [2005] Prisma woordenboek Sranantongo. Prisma wortubuku fu Sranantongo (overall work in Dutch and Sranan Tongo), Houten: Unieboek, →ISBN, page 69

Yoruba

Etymology

Possibly onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dũ̀.dṹ/

Noun

dùndún

  1. (music) dun dun drum; a type of talking drum (pitch-bending drum that mimics the tonal speech of Yorùbá)
  2. (music) the talking drum family of drums, one of the 4 families of drums among the Yoruba.

Derived terms

  • aludùndún (“talking drum player”)

Descendants

  • → English: dun dun
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