siter

noun

si·​ter ˈsē-ˌter 

plural siters

: a small, oblong Indonesian zither with 11 to 13 double string courses on one side of the sound box and often a second set of strings in a different tuning on the other and is plucked with the thumbnails typically in a gamelan ensemble

The siter is a smaller version of the celempung with fewer strings, and an octave higher in pitch.

—Jennifer Lindsay, Javanese Gamelan, 1992

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

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