tassa
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "African men in the district also excelled on the tassa drums at the Indian weddings and hosay festivals, playing alongside their Indian fellow villagers."
- "He was widely recognized as the finest tassa player in the area. Some may be skilled, but his was a gift."
- "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."
Inflected Forms
tassas (plural)