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==Etymology== The term ''tombak'' is derived from ''tembaga'', an [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]/[[Malay language|Malay]] word of [[Javanese language|Javanese]] origin meaning 'copper'.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} ''Tembaga'' entered Dutch usage concurrent with their [[Dutch East Indies|colonisation]] of [[Indonesia]]. Likely, the term was used generically to describe Indonesian high-copper brass items, including [[gamelan]] [[gong]]s. It is one of the very few [[List of English words of Indonesian origin|Indonesian loan words]] used in [[English language|English]] or [[German language|German]].
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