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tala
1[tah-luh]
noun
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
tala
2[tah-luh]
noun
plural
talaa paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Western Samoa, equal to 100 sene.
tala
/ ˈɑːə /
noun
the standard monetary unit of Samoa, divided into 100 sene
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tala1
Example Sentences
Photographer Pétala Lopes wanted to show this couple’s daily struggles.
When we got beyond our own camp we passed through a kind of open wood with thinly-scattered "tala" trees.
Joe enlisted the help of various females to keep him supplied with skins of tala, and with the satiation of his craving he took a completely new interest in life.
Toddy is likewise procured from the lontar or Borassus flabellifer, the tala of the Hindus.
Hence we had only a great development of solanums, talas, acacias, euphorbias, and laurels.
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