suling

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sundanese ᮞᮥᮜᮤᮀ (suling).

noun

  1. (music) An Indonesian flute made of bamboo.
    She attributes the initial idea to her husband, who suggested combining the kecapi with suling in 1960, shortly after their move to the kabupaten Sidenreng-Rappang (Sidrap), where he had been assigned as district head (Ind. bupati). 2002, R. Anderson Sutton, Calling Back the Spirit: Music, Dance, and Cultural Politics in Lowland South Sulawesi, Oxford University Press, page 55

Etymology 2

noun

  1. Alternative form of sulung

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