See dundun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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}
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},
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},
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},
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"(music) dun dun drum; a type of talking drum (pitch-bending drum that mimics the tonal speech of Yorùbá)"
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"dun dun",
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],
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"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
},
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],
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"the talking drum family of drums, one of the 4 families of drums among the Yoruba."
],
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[
"music",
"music"
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"(music) the talking drum family of drums, one of the 4 families of drums among the Yoruba."
],
"topics": [
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"lifestyle",
"music"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dũ̀.dṹ/"
}
],
"word": "dundun"
}
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