gambang

English

Noun

gambang (plural gambangs)

1. (music) A xylophone-like instrument with wooden bars, used in Indonesian gamelan and kulintang music.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡambaŋ/ [ˈɡam.baŋ]
• Rhymes: -ambaŋ
• Syllabification: gam‧bang

Noun

gambang (plural gambang-gambang)

1. (music) A xylophone-like instrument with wooden bars

Further reading

• “gambang”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡamˈbaŋ/ [ɡʌmˈbʌŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: gam‧bang

Noun

gambáng

1. widely flared lidless cooking pot, used at feasts to boil large chunks of meat
2. copper
3. green corrosion on copper, used as medicine for the eyes

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of gambang

Northern / Applai
Mt. Province	Sagada	gambang, (Tanulong) gamghang

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “gambáng [gambáꬻ]”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 159
• Allen, Larry (2021), “gambang”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
• Wallace, Judy (2018), “gambang”, in Northern Kankanay – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡamˈbaŋ/ [ɡɐmˈbaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: gam‧bang

Noun

gambáng (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜋ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔) (obsolete)

1. treasure; wealth; property

   Synonyms: ari-arian, kayamanan, pagkabuhay, yaman