"tabala" meaning in Français

See tabala in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \ta.ba.la\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-tabala.wav Forms: tabalas [plural]
  1. Gros tam-tam d’Afrique noire, présent surtout au Mali et au Sénégal.
    Sense id: fr-tabala-fr-noun-oaiuFhQZ Categories (other): Exemples en français, Instruments de percussion en français Topics: music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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