Etymology

suling

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Today it means: An Indonesian flute made of bamboo. Full definition →

Sundanese suling
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  1. Sundanese · borrowed fromsuling
  2. English todaysuling

Borrowed from Sundanese suling. Compare with Acehnese suléng and Malay seruling.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.