gum-gum

noun

ˈgəmˌgəm

variants or less commonly gom-gom

ˈgämˌgäm

: an iron bowl played as a musical instrument by striking with a stick

also : a graded set of such bowls

Word History

Etymology

perhaps native name in the Moluccas

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