tassa
See also: tässä
English edit
Noun edit
tassa (plural tassas)
- A large Indian drum, traditionally played at weddings.
- 1999, Kenrick P. Thomas, Panriga: Tacarigua's Contribution to the Evolution of the Steelband Phenomenon in Trinidad and Tobago:
- African men in the district also excelled on the tassa drums at the Indian weddings and hosay festivals, playing alongside their Indian fellow villagers.
- 2006, Hemchand Gossai, River Crossings: Memories of a Journey, →ISBN:
- He was widely recognized as the finest tassa player in the area. Some may be skilled, but his was a gift.
- 2013, King Liar, →ISBN, page 106:
- Together, the four tassa players produced an intoxicating rhythm that held the visitors almost entranced. A group of old Indian women in bright coloured saris were waiting for the tassa group to finish their performance so that they might start singing the traditional wedding songs.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic طاسة (ṭāsa).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tassa f (plural tasses)
Further reading edit
- “tassa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tassa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “tassa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “tassa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Verb edit
tassa
- third-person singular past historic of tasser
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
tassa (plural tassas)
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
tassa f (plural tasse)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
tassa
- inflection of tassare:
Further reading edit
- tassa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Adjective edit
tassa
Pronoun edit
tassa
- (demonstrative) to him, to it, to that
- (demonstrative) his, its, of that
- therefore
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
tass + -a, or onomatopoeic.
Verb edit
tassa (present tassar, preterite tassade, supine tassat, imperative tassa)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of tassa (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | tassa | — | ||
Supine | tassat | — | ||
Imperative | tassa | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | tassen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | tassar | tassade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | tassa | tassade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | tasse | tassade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | tassande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
References edit
- tassa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tassa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tassa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)