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tala

1

[ tah-luh ]

noun

  1. a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.


tala

2

[ tah-luh ]

noun

plural tala.
  1. a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Western Samoa, equal to 100 sene.

tala

/ ˈɑːə /

noun

  1. the standard monetary unit of Samoa, divided into 100 sene
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tala1

1890–95; < Sanskrit ; compare Hindi

Origin of tala2

1965–70; < Samoan ā < English dollar
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Photographer Pétala Lopes wanted to show this couple’s daily struggles.

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When we got beyond our own camp we passed through a kind of open wood with thinly-scattered "tala" trees.

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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.

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Toddy is likewise procured from the lontar or Borassus flabellifer, the tala of the Hindus.

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Hence we had only a great development of solanums, talas, acacias, euphorbias, and laurels.

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