ceng-ceng

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  • set of small cymbals attached to a base, often in the form of a turtle, which, when struck rapidly by a similar pair of cymbals held in the hand of the player, provides a rapid and varying rhythmic accompaniment to many types of Balinese music
  • rhythm instrument of a gong kebyar
Andap
cengceng
Kasar
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Alus sor
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Alus mider
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Alus madya
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Alus singgih
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Mider
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Bali dataran dialect
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Bali aga dialect
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Usage Examples

Kanti cara cengceng kebes Memene I Made ngorahin, ngonkon ngedasin kamarne.
[example 1]
Despite I Made’s mother yelling at him like a rapid clashing of cracked cymbals way, I Made still didn’t clean up his room (said of a person who talks a great deal).
Meme kualonne lamis cara cengceng kebes.
[example 2]
Step mother is fussy like small broken gong. It means to be fussy and to talk a lot. (a saying)
Sang Prabu Rahwana nyengcengang gumine di Lengka Pura
[example 3]
King Rawana rules the kingdom of Alengka Pura.
Cengceng bleganjure gede-gede munyinne masi gede
[example 4]
Sound of small gong for bleganjur is loud and also hard.
Cengceng kebes.
Refers to someone who talks a lot. Kebes means broken off at the edge, cengceng is so broken makes a louder sound that normal

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  1. ↑ Fred Eiseman
  2. ↑ sulibra
  3. ↑ sulibra
  4. ↑ Kamus Bali-Indonesia tahun 1977 hal 127