suling

noun

su·​ling ˈsü-liŋ 

plural suling

: any of various side-blown or end-blown bamboo flutes of Southeast Asia

Often the kecapi and suling play the same melody, though the suling dominates.

—R. Anderson Sutton, Calling Back the Spirit, 2002

Word History

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined above

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