Definition
A small West African drum or percussion instrument, or an onomatopoetic term representing a drumming sound.
Etymology
The word is likely onomatopoetic, derived from the sound the drum makes when struck. It appears in accounts of West African music and may have multiple regional names and spellings depending on the specific ethnic group using it.
Kelly Says
Onomatopoeia is one of the oldest ways humans create new words—we literally copy the sounds things make! 'Dugdug' is beautiful because just saying it out loud kind of sounds like a drum being hit, and that's probably how the word was born centuries ago.
Translations
ARالعربية
دوجدوج
doo-jee-doo-jee
CACatalà
dugdug
doo-doohg
CSČeština
dugdug
doo-doohg
DEDeutsch
dugdug
doo-doohg
ELΕλληνικά
δουγδουγ
doo-goo-doo-goo
ESEspañol
dugdug
doo-doohg
FAفارسی
دوجدوج
doo-jee-doo-jee
FRFrançais
dugdug
doo-doohg
HIहिन्दी
दुगदुग
doo-goohg
HUMagyar
dugdug
doo-doohg
IDBahasa Indonesia
dugdug
doo-doohg
IGIG
dúgúdúgú
doo-goo-doo-goo
ITItaliano
dugdug
doo-doohg
JA日本語
ドゥグドゥグ
doo-gu-doo-gu
KMKM
ឌួគឌួគ
doo-goo-doo-goo
MSBahasa Melayu
dugdug
doo-doohg
MYမြန်မာ
ဒူဂူဂူ
doo-goo-goo
NLNederlands
dugdug
doo-doohg
PLPolski
dugdug
doo-doohg
PTPortuguês
dugdug
doo-doohg
RORomână
dugdug
doo-doohg
RUРусский
дугдуг
doo-goohg
SVSvenska
dugdug
doo-doohg
SWKiswahili
dugdug
doo-doohg
TAதமிழ்
துகுதுகு
thoo-koo-thoo-koo
TEతెలుగు
దుగుదుగు
doo-goo-doo-goo
THไทย
ดูกดูก
doo-koo-doo-koo
TRTürkçe
dugdug
doo-doohg
UKУкраїнська
дугдуг
doo-goohg
URاردو
دوجدوج
doo-jee-doo-jee
VITiếng Việt
dugdug
doo-doohg