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tala (tä′lə)

noun

any of the various repeating rhythmic patterns of stressed and unstressed units, played on a percussion instrument in the music of India

Etymology: < Sans tāla, lit., the slapping or clapping of hands together

tala2 definition

tala (tä′lä′)

noun pl. tala ta′la′

the basic monetary unit of Samoa

Etymology: Samoan < E dollar

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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