kenong

noun

ke·​nong ˈke-ˌnȯŋ 

plural kenong or kenongs

: a Southeast Asian gong chime of definite pitch in which each individual gong is set with its open side down on ropes within a square boxlike resonator

In slow music it is often the practice to delay both the kenong and gong strokes until slightly after the beat.

—Neil Sorrell, A Guide to the Gamelan, 1990

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

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