angklung

noun

ang·​klung ˈäŋ-ˌklüŋ 

variants or less commonly anklung or anklong

plural angklungs also anklungs or anklongs

: a percussion instrument of Indonesia and Malaysia consisting of a frame holding vertical bamboo tubes of different lengths and pitches which are struck with mallets or shaken

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Javanese or Sundanese angklung (phonetically aŋkluŋ); ankloung borrowed from French, borrowed from Dutch ankloeng, borrowed from Javanese or Sundanese

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined above

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