tassa

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• ASATs, StaaS, Astas

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طاسة (ṭāsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈta.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈta.sa]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -asa

Noun

tassa f (plural tasses)

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

Further reading

• “tassa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tassa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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.

Verb

tassa

1. third-person singular past historic of tasser

Noun

tassa (plural tassas)

1. cup

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtas.sa/
• Rhymes: -assa
• Hyphenation: tàs‧sa

Etymology 1

From Latin taxa.

Etymology 2

Further reading

• tassa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• stasa

Alternative forms

Adjective

tassa

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

Pronoun

tassa

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

Etymology

tass +‎ -a, or onomatopoeic.

Verb

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

1. to walk quietly (for example so as to not wake up someone asleep)

References

• tassa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tassa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tassa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• satsa