sansa

See also: Sansa, šansa, and șansă

English

Noun

sansa (plural sansas)

  1. (music) The mbira or thumb piano.

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsan.sa/
  • Rhymes: -ansa
  • Hyphenation: sàn‧sa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin sampsa.

Noun

sansa f (plural sanse)

  1. olive pomace
    Da bambini ci imbrattavano anima e corpo giocando coi cumuli di sansa.
    When we were children we smirched ourselves completely while playing with the heaps of olive pomace.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic صَنْج (ṣanj, harp, cymbal).

Alternative forms

Noun

sansa f (plural sanse)

  1. (music) mbira; lamellophone

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Japanese

Romanization

sansa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さんさ

Quechua

Adjective

sansa

  1. weak

Noun

sansa

  1. red hot burning coal
  2. glow, blaze, reflection

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

sans + -a

Verb

sansa (present sansar, preterite sansade, supine sansat, imperative sansa)

  1. (reflexive) to calm down; to exit from an agitated state

Conjugation

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