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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
dundun (plural dunduns)
- Alternative form of dun dun (“African drum”)
Yoruba[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dùndún
- (music) dun dun drum; a type of talking drum (pitch-bending drum that mimics the tonal speech of Yorùbá)
- (music) the talking drum family of drums, one of the 4 families of drums among the Yoruba.
Derived terms[edit]
- aludùndún (“talking drum player”)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: dun dun