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demung.

a large bronze gamelan instrument

6 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/dəˈmuŋ/Standard-Indonesian[dəˈmuŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. a large bronze gamelan instrument

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Javanese ꦢꦼꦩꦸꦁ (demung, “a large bronze gamelan instrument”), from Old Javanese dĕmuṅ (“name of a metre (in kidungs)”).

noun/dəˈmuŋ/Standard-Indonesian[dəˈmuŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. name of a functionary at the court

    archaic
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese dĕmaṅ, dĕmuṅ (“name of a functionary at the court”).

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