See also: Sansa, šansa, and șansă

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sansa (plural sansas)

  1. (music) The mbira or thumb piano.

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsan.sa/
  • Rhymes: -ansa
  • Hyphenation: sàn‧sa

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Latin sampsa.

Noun edit

sansa f (plural sanse)

  1. olive pomace
    Da bambini ci imbrattavano anima e corpo giocando coi cumuli di sansa.
    When we were children we smirched ourselves completely while playing with the heaps of olive pomace.
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Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Arabic صَنْج (ṣanj, harp, cymbal).

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sansa f (plural sanse)

  1. (music) mbira; lamellophone

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sansa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さんさ

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Adjective edit

sansa

  1. weak

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sansa

  1. red hot burning coal
  2. glow, blaze, reflection

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Etymology edit

sans +‎ -a

Verb edit

sansa (present sansar, preterite sansade, supine sansat, imperative sansa)

  1. (reflexive) to calm down; to exit from an agitated state

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