tumbă

See also: tumba, Tumba, tumbá, and tumbã

Romanian

Etymology

Possibly an expressive creation from early Romanian based on an onomatopoetic root tumb-, imitating the sound of a fall or abrupt jump (compare French tomber, Catalan and Portuguese tombar, Spanish tumbar, etc.), or alternatively from Greek τοῦμπα (toûmpa). Also found in Aromanian tumbã.

Noun

tumbă f (plural tumbe)

1. somersault

See also

• rostogolire