kulintang

English

Etymology

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Noun

kulintang (uncountable)

  1. An ancient form of instrumental music of Southeast Asia, played on a row of small, horizontally-laid melodic gongs accompanied by larger suspended gongs and drums.
    • 2007 April 27, The New York Times, “Jazz Listings”, in New York Times‎:
      “Electric Kulintang,” her percussive collaboration with Mr. Rodriguez, adds a contemporary sheen to the chiming kulintang music of the Philippines.

Anagrams

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • kulintangan
  • kulintan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulintaŋ. Compare Tboli klintang, Yakan kwintangan, Indonesian kolintang, Indonesian kelenteng, Javanese ꦏ꧀ꦭꦺꦤ꧀ꦛꦺꦁ (klénthéng).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kulinˈtaŋ/, [kʊ.lɪnˈtaŋ]
  • Hyphenation: ku‧lin‧tang

Noun

kulintáng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜅ᜔)

  1. (music) kulintang

See also

Further reading
  • “kulintang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*kulintaŋ”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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