tala
/ˈtɑːlə/
noun
- The basic unit of money in Samoa, equal to 100 sene.
- She exchanged her dollars for tala at the airport.
- The price of the meal was thirty-five tala.
- The souvenir cost twenty tala at the market.
- A rhythmic pattern or cycle in Indian classical music.
- Learning the complex tala took years of practice.
- The drummer kept a steady tala throughout the performance.
- The dancer's steps matched the tala perfectly.