timpana

Probably related to timballo.

timpana (uncountable)

1. A Maltese dish of parboiled macaroni tossed in a tomato sauce with beef, egg, cheese, etc. and baked in a pastry case.

timpana

1. plural of timpanum

• tamapin, Patmian

• tympana

From Latin tympanum, from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon), from τύπτω (túptō, “I strike, I hit”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtim.pɑ.nɑ/

timpana m (nominative plural timpana)

1. a small drum, tabor, timbrel, tabret

   Ic filigde ðē mid timpanum and mid hearpum

   I attended thee with timbrels and with harps

   Hergaþ hine in timpanan

   Herry him on a timbrel

   Plægiend timpanan

   Player of a timbrel

Weak:

• tunnebotm (“cask-bottom”)
• hylsung

• timpestere (“timbrel player”)

• Middle English: timpan