dundun
See also: dun dun
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