gum-gumn.

/ˈɡʌmɡʌm/

Forms: Also 1700s gum-gumma, 1700s–1800s gom-gom.

Etymology: Presumably from some Malay dialect. Compare gong-gong n.

A hollow iron bowl, which is struck with an iron or wooden stick; a series of the same, varying in size and tone.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > gong

gongc1600

gom1694

gum-gum1700

gong-gong1771

tam-tam1839

ghanta1867

1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 244 Their warlike Musick is an Instrument made of Mettle, called Gum-Gum, much in the Nature of our Drums.

1775 ‘J. Collier’ Musical Trav. (ed. 2) 56 Playing a warlike measure with his gom-gom.

1800 C. Smith Lett. Solitary Wanderer (1801) I. 326 The conchs and gomgoms of the Maroons suddenly broke the silence of the night.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 307 ‘What is a gum-gum?’ eagerly inquired several young ladies.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	gum-gum
释义	gum-gumn. /ˈɡʌmɡʌm/ Forms: Also 1700s gum-gumma, 1700s–1800s gom-gom. Etymology: Presumably from some Malay dialect. Compare gong-gong n. A hollow iron bowl, which is struck with an iron or wooden stick; a series of the same, varying in size and tone. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > gong gongc1600 gom1694 gum-gum1700 gong-gong1771 tam-tam1839 ghanta1867 1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 244 Their warlike Musick is an Instrument made of Mettle, called Gum-Gum, much in the Nature of our Drums. 1775 ‘J. Collier’ Musical Trav. (ed. 2) 56 Playing a warlike measure with his gom-gom. 1800 C. Smith Lett. Solitary Wanderer (1801) I. 326 The conchs and gomgoms of the Maroons suddenly broke the silence of the night. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 307 ‘What is a gum-gum?’ eagerly inquired several young ladies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1700
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