Keys
Bar, lath, plate, blade ? The sounding elements of a xylophone are often referred to in Europe as bars. But the elements of the gamelan instruments vary so much in shape, proportion, size that we use the generic word key, whether for metallophones, xylophones, even when the elements are bamboo tubes.
In Javanese, the word wilah (long flat object such as a plank, a blade) can be applied to characterize keys. It corresponds to the Malay word bilah.
In Balinese, the word don (leaf, petal) has the same use. It corresponds to the Malay word daun.
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