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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 tala.
- a 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
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tala1
1890–95; < Sanskrit ; compare Hindi
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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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