tassa

tassa (plural tassas)

1. 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.

• ASATs

From Arabic طَاس‎ (ṭās).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈta.sə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈta.sa/
• Rhymes: -asa

tassa f (plural tasses)

1. cup, mug
2. basin, bowl (of a toilet)

• “tassa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

tassa

1. third-person singular past historic of tasser

tassa (plural tassas)

1. cup

tassa f (plural tasse)

1. tax, duty, dues

• tassabile
• tassametro
• tassare
• tassazione

• imposta
• tasso

tassa

1. third-person singular present indicative of tassare
2. second-person singular imperative of tassare

• stasa

tassa

1. masculine and neuter genitive and dative singular of ta (“that”)

tassa

1. (demonstrative) to him, to it, to that
2. (demonstrative) his, its, of that

tass +‎ -a

tassa (present tassar, preterite tassade, supine tassat, imperative tassa)

1. to walk quietly; as to not wake up someone asleep