tala
- noun
- A cupronickel 1 tala coin of 1970 from Western Samoa, showing the Southern Cross.
Examples
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In Samoa, the tala is used to pay for goods and services in local markets.
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He offered to lend me a hundred tala when I mentioned I needed some cash.
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They must do this while keeping the tala clapping pattern.
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The exercise accommodates the keeping of the tala (or meter) with traditional hand gestures (kriya).
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Each tala is made up of a number of steady pulse-beats (aksara), which are organized into measures, each containing the same number of pulse-beats.
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In the context of tala, performers can create rhythmic counterpoint through improvisation against the cyclical hand gestures.
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The syllables are bound together into combinations that make up phrases (e.g., Ta Ka Di Mi) that articulate the tala in various ways.
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The price of the dress was fifty tala and included a discount.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word tala comes from the English word dollar, which was adapted into Samoan, so tala is the Samoan 'dollar' and the country's standard money unit equal to 100 sene.
