"dundun" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: dunduns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dundun (plural dunduns)
  1. Alternative form of dun dun (“African drum”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: dun dun (extra: African drum)
    Sense id: en-dundun-en-noun-7GDY8zCz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Yoruba]

IPA: /dũ̀.dṹ/ Forms: dùndún [canonical]
Etymology: Possibly onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|yo|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=dùndún|head2=}} dùndún, {{yo-pos|noun|dùndún|}} dùndún, {{yo-noun|dùndún}} dùndún
  1. (music) dun dun drum; a type of talking drum (pitch-bending drum that mimics the tonal speech of Yorùbá) Categories (topical): Music, Musical instruments
    Sense id: en-dundun-yo-noun-~UMO4g6q Disambiguation of Musical instruments: 54 46 Categories (other): Yoruba entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (music) the talking drum family of drums, one of the 4 families of drums among the Yoruba. Categories (topical): Music, Musical instruments
    Sense id: en-dundun-yo-noun-cwvuGiRG Disambiguation of Musical instruments: 54 46 Categories (other): Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Yoruba onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Yoruba onomatopoeias: 30 70 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aludùndún (english: talking drum player) Related terms: gángan (english: medium size talking drum), àdàmọ̀, kẹríkẹrì, kànnàǹgó

Inflected forms

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