tumba

See also: Tumba, tumbá, tumbã, and tumbă

Bangi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-tùmb.

Verb

tumba

1. to burn

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtumba/ [ˈt̪um.bɐ]
• Hyphenation: tum‧ba

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tumbar.

Verb

tumba (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. to fall down
2. to fall over; to topple over
3. to tumble
4. to bump off; to kill, especially to murder

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maranao.

Noun

tumba (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. any of two cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Lanao in the Philippines
   1. Barbodes tumba (tumba)
   2. Barbodes flavifuscus (katapa-tapa)

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish tumbar (“to knock over”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tumˈba/, [t̪ũmˈba]
• Hyphenation: tum‧ba

Verb

tumbá

1. to fall; to stumble

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for tumba

	tense	infinitive	present	future
Zamboanga City conjugation	tumba	ya tumba	ta tumba	ay tumba
Cavite conjugation				di tumba

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɞmˠbˠə/, /ˈt̪ˠɔmˠbˠə/

Noun

tumba m (genitive singular tumba, nominative plural tumbaí)

1. alternative form of tuama (“tomb; tombstone”)

Declension

Declension of tumba (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative tumba tumbaí vocative a thumba a thumbaí genitive tumba tumbaí dative tumba tumbaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an tumba na tumbaí genitive an tumba na dtumbaí dative leis an tumba don tumba leis na tumbaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of tumba

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tumba	thumba	dtumba

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tumba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῠ́μβος (tŭ́mbos), probably from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtʊm.ba]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtum.ba]

Noun

tumba f (genitive tumbae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) tomb

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tumba	tumbae
genitive	tumbae	tumbārum
dative	tumbae	tumbīs
accusative	tumbam	tumbās
ablative	tumbā	tumbīs
vocative	tumba	tumbae

Synonyms

• sepulcrum

Descendants

• Eastern Romance
  • Aromanian: tumbã
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italian: tomba
• Old French: tumbe, tombe, toumbe
  • Middle French: tumbe
    • French: tombe
  • Norman: tombe
  • Walloon: tombe
  • → Middle English: tombe
    • English: tomb
      • → Irish: tuama
      • → Māori: toma
    • Middle Scots: tumb, towm
  • → Middle Dutch:
    • Dutch: tombe
    • Limburgish: tómb
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: tomba
  • Occitan: tomba
• → Greek: τούμπα (toúmpa)
• → Portuguese: tumba (perhaps inherited)
• → Spanish: tumba

References

• “tumba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tumba”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Bangi tumba.

Verb

-tumba (infinitive kotumba)

1. to burn

Middle English

Noun

tumba (plural tumbas)

1. alternative form of tombe (“tomb”)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin tumba (possibly borrowed), from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtũ.bɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtũ.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtũ.ba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtũ.bɐ/

• Rhymes: -ũbɐ
• Hyphenation: tum‧ba

Noun

tumba f (plural tumbas)

1. tomb (small building or vault for the remains of the dead)

   Synonym: túmulo

Derived terms

• tumbeiro

Further reading

• “tumba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tumba”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “tumba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Sango

Noun

tumba

1. war

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtumba/ [ˈt̪ũm.ba]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -umba
• Syllabification: tum‧ba

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin tumba, from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos).

Noun

tumba f (plural tumbas)

1. grave, tomb

   Synonym: sepultura

Derived terms

• a tumba abierta
• cavar su propia tumba
• paño de tumba
• ser una tumba

Related terms

• tumbar
• tumbona

Etymology 2

Verb

tumba

1. inflection of tumbar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tumba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tumbar.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tumˈba/ [t̪ʊmˈba]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: tum‧ba

Adjective

tumbá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. fallen down (from an upright position)

   Synonyms: tumbado, buwal, nabuwal, bulid, timbuwang, bulagta, handusay, lupasay, lugpo

2. bankrupt (of a business)

   Synonyms: bangkarote, bagsak, tumbado

Derived terms

• itumba
• magpatumba
• magtumba
• matumba
• nakatumba
• patumbahin
• tumba lata
• tumba-tumba
• tumbang preso

Related terms

• tumbado

Noun

tumbá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. falling down from an upright position

   Synonyms: buwal, pagbuwal, pagkabuwal

2. condition of having fallen down (from an upright position)
3. (boxing) condition of being knocked out

   Synonyms: bagsak, pagbagsak

4. bankruptcy (of a business)

   Synonyms: bagsak, pagbagsak

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish tumba.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtumba/ [ˈt̪um.bɐ]
• Rhymes: -umba
• Syllabification: tum‧ba

Noun

tumba (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. tomb

   Synonyms: puntod, nitso, sepulkro, katapalka, mawsoleo

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-tʊ̀mba (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /túːmba/

Verb

-tumba (infinitive okutumba) (intransitive)

1. (of beans or dough) to swell

   Near-synonyms: -zimba, -haga

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tumba

infinitives affirmative okutumba negative okutatumba imperatives affirmative tumba negative (see second-person negative subjunctive forms) tense polarity basic forms relative forms1 present habitual affirmative subject concord + -tumba person noun class singular plural first person ntumba tutumba second person otumba mutumba third person 1/2 atumba batumba 3/4 gutumba etumba 5/6 litumba gatumba 7/8 kitumba bitumba 9/10 etumba zitumba 11/10 rutumba 12/14 katumba butumba 13 — tutumba 14/6 butumba gatumba 15/6 kutumba 16 hatumba — negative ti- + subject concord + -tumba person noun class singular plural first person tintumba titutumba second person totumba timutumba third person 1/2 tatumba tibatumba 3/4 tigutumba tetumba 5/6 tiritumba tigatumba 7/8 tikitumba tibitumba 9/10 tetumba tizitumba 11/10 tirutumba 12/14 tikatumba tibutumba 13 — titutumba 14/6 tibutumba tigatumba 15/6 tikutumba 16 tihatumba — subject concord + -tatumba present continuous affirmative ni- + subject concord + -tumba person noun class singular plural first person nintumba nitutumba second person nootumba nimutumba third person 1/2 naatumba nibatumba 3/4 nigutumba neetumba 5/6 niritumba nigatumba 7/8 nikitumba nibitumba 9/10 neetumba nizitumba 11/10 nirutumba 12/14 nikatumba nibutumba 13 — nitutumba 14/6 nibutumba nigatumba 15/6 nikutumba 16 nihatumba — subject concord + -rukutumba negative ti- + subject concord + -rukutumba person noun class singular plural first person tindukutumba titurukutumba second person torukutumba timurukutumba third person 1/2 tarukutumba tibarukutumba 3/4 tigurukutumba terukutumba 5/6 tirirukutumba tigarukutumba 7/8 tikirukutumba tibirukutumba 9/10 terukutumba tizirukutumba 11/10 tirurukutumba 12/14 tikarukutumba tiburukutumba 13 — titurukutumba 14/6 tiburukutumba tigarukutumba 15/6 tikurukutumba 16 tiharukutumba — subject concord + -tarukutumba present continuative affirmative ni- + subject concord + -kyatumba person noun class singular plural first person ninkyatumba nitukyatumba second person nookyatumba nimukyatumba third person 1/2 naakyatumba nibakyatumba 3/4 nigukyatumba neekyatumba 5/6 nirikyatumba nigakyatumba 7/8 nikikyatumba nibikyatumba 9/10 neekyatumba nizikyatumba 11/10 nirukyatumba 12/14 nikakyatumba nibukyatumba 13 — nitukyatumba 14/6 nibukyatumba nigakyatumba 15/6 nikukyatumba 16 nihakyatumba — subject concord + -rukukyatumba negative ti- + subject concord + -kyatumba person noun class singular plural first person tinkyatumba titukyatumba second person tokyatumba timukyatumba third person 1/2 takyatumba tibakyatumba 3/4 tigukyatumba tekyatumba 5/6 tirikyatumba tigakyatumba 7/8 tikikyatumba tibikyatumba 9/10 tekyatumba tizikyatumba 11/10 tirukyatumba 12/14 tikakyatumba tibukyatumba 13 — titukyatumba 14/6 tibukyatumba tigakyatumba 15/6 tikukyatumba 16 tihakyatumba — subject concord + -takyatumba virtual present affirmative subject concord + -atumba person noun class singular plural first person natumba twatumba second person watumba mwatumba third person 1/2 yatumba baatumba 3/4 gwatumba yatumba 5/6 lyatumba gaatumba 7/8 kyatumba byatumba 9/10 yatumba zaatumba 11/10 rwatumba 12/14 kaatumba bwatumba 13 — twatumba 14/6 bwatumba gaatumba 15/6 kwatumba 16 haatumba — negative ti- + subject concord + atumba person noun class singular plural first person tinatumba titwatumba second person tiwatumba timwatumba third person 1/2 tiyatumba tibaatumba 3/4 tigwatumba tiyatumba 5/6 tiryatumba tigaatumba 7/8 tikyatumba tibyatumba 9/10 tiyatumba tizaatumba 11/10 tirwatumba 12/14 tikaatumba tibwatumba 13 — titwatumba 14/6 tibwatumba tigaatumba 15/6 tikwatumba 16 tihaatumba — subject concord + -taatumba present perfect affirmative subject concord + -tumbire person noun class singular plural first person ntumbire tutumbire second person otumbire mutumbire third person 1/2 atumbire batumbire 3/4 gutumbire etumbire 5/6 litumbire gatumbire 7/8 kitumbire bitumbire 9/10 etumbire zitumbire 11/10 rutumbire 12/14 katumbire butumbire 13 — tutumbire 14/6 butumbire gatumbire 15/6 kutumbire 16 hatumbire — negative ti- + subject concord + -tumbire person noun class singular plural first person tintumbire titutumbire second person totumbire timutumbire third person 1/2 tatumbire tibatumbire 3/4 tigutumbire tetumbire 5/6 tiritumbire tigatumbire 7/8 tikitumbire tibitumbire 9/10 tetumbire tizitumbire 11/10 tirutumbire 12/14 tikatumbire tibutumbire 13 — titutumbire 14/6 tibutumbire tigatumbire 15/6 tikutumbire 16 tihatumbire — subject concord + -tatumbire near perfective affirmative subject concord + -akatumba person noun class singular plural first person nakatumba twakatumba second person wakatumba mwakatumba third person 1/2 yakatumba baakatumba 3/4 gwakatumba yakatumba 5/6 lyakatumba gaakatumba 7/8 kyakatumba byakatumba 9/10 yakatumba zaakatumba 11/10 rwakatumba 12/14 kaakatumba bwakatumba 13 — twakatumba 14/6 bwakatumba gaakatumba 15/6 kwakatumba 16 haakatumba — negative ti- + subject concord + -katumbire person noun class singular plural first person tinkatumbire titukatumbire second person tokatumbire timukatumbire third person 1/2 takatumbire tibakatumbire 3/4 tigukatumbire tekatumbire 5/6 tirikatumbire tigakatumbire 7/8 tikikatumbire tibikatumbire 9/10 tekatumbire tizikatumbire 11/10 tirukatumbire 12/14 tikakatumbire tibukatumbire 13 — titukatumbire 14/6 tibukatumbire tigakatumbire 15/6 tikukatumbire 16 tihakatumbire — subject concord + -takatumbire near past affirmative subject concord + -tumbirege person noun class singular plural first person ntumbirege tutumbirege second person otumbirege mutumbirege third person 1/2 atumbirege batumbirege 3/4 gutumbirege etumbirege 5/6 litumbirege gatumbirege 7/8 kitumbirege bitumbirege 9/10 etumbirege zitumbirege 11/10 rutumbirege 12/14 katumbirege butumbirege 13 — tutumbirege 14/6 butumbirege gatumbirege 15/6 kutumbirege 16 hatumbirege — negative ti- + subject concord + -tumbirege person noun class singular plural first person tintumbirege titutumbirege second person totumbirege timutumbirege third person 1/2 tatumbirege tibatumbirege 3/4 tigutumbirege tetumbirege 5/6 tiritumbirege tigatumbirege 7/8 tikitumbirege tibitumbirege 9/10 tetumbirege tizitumbirege 11/10 tirutumbirege 12/14 tikatumbirege tibutumbirege 13 — titutumbirege 14/6 tibutumbirege tigatumbirege 15/6 tikutumbirege 16 tihatumbirege — subject concord + -tatumbirege remote past affirmative subject concord + -katumba person noun class singular plural first person nkatumba tukatumba second person okatumba mukatumba third person 1/2 akatumba bakatumba 3/4 gukatumba ekatumba 5/6 likatumba gakatumba 7/8 kikatumba bikatumba 9/10 ekatumba zikatumba 11/10 rukatumba 12/14 kakatumba bukatumba 13 — tukatumba 14/6 bukatumba gakatumba 15/6 kukatumba 16 hakatumba — subject concord + -atumbire negative subject concord + -tatumbe person noun class singular plural first person ntatumbe tutatumbe second person otatumbe mutatumbe third person 1/2 atatumbe batatumbe 3/4 gutatumbe etatumbe 5/6 litatumbe gatatumbe 7/8 kitatumbe bitatumbe 9/10 etatumbe ziitatumbe 11/10 rutatumbe 12/14 katatumbe butatumbe 13 — tutatumbe 14/6 butatumbe gatatumbe 15/6 kutatumbe 16 hatatumbe — subject concord + -taratumbire experiential perfective affirmative subject concord + -ratumbire person noun class singular plural first person ndatumbire turatumbire second person oratumbire muratumbire third person 1/2 aratumbire baratumbire 3/4 guratumbire eratumbire 5/6 liratumbire garatumbire 7/8 kiratumbire biratumbire 9/10 eratumbire ziratumbire 11/10 ruratumbire 12/14 karatumbire buratumbire 13 — turatumbire 14/6 buratumbire garatumbire 15/6 kuratumbire 16 haratumbire — negative ti- + subject concord + -katumbaga person noun class singular plural first person tinkatumbaga titukatumbaga second person tokatumbaga timukatumbaga third person 1/2 takatumbaga tibakatumbaga 3/4 tigukatumbaga tekatumbaga 5/6 tirikatumbaga tigakatumbaga 7/8 tikikatumbaga tibikatumbaga 9/10 tekatumbaga tizikatumbaga 11/10 tirukatumbaga 12/14 tikakatumbaga tibukatumbaga 13 — titukatumbaga 14/6 tibukatumbaga tigakatumbaga 15/6 tikukatumbaga 16 tihakatumbaga — subject concord + -takatumbaga cessative perfective affirmative subject concord + -aatumbire person noun class singular plural first person naatumbire twatumbire second person waatumbire mwatumbire third person 1/2 yaatumbire baatumbire 3/4 gwatumbire yaatumbire 5/6 lyatumbire gaatumbire 7/8 kyatumbire byatumbire 9/10 yaatumbire zaatumbire 11/10 rwatumbire 12/14 kaatumbire bwatumbire 13 — twatumbire 14/6 bwatumbire gaatumbire 15/6 kwatumbire 16 haatumbire — past habitual affirmative subject concord + -atumbaga person noun class singular plural first person natumbaga twatumbaga second person watumbaga mwatumbaga third person 1/2 yatumbaga baatumbaga 3/4 gwatumbaga yatumbaga 5/6 lyatumbaga gaatumbaga 7/8 kyatumbaga byatumbaga 9/10 yatumbaga zaatumbaga 11/10 rwatumbaga 12/14 kaatumbaga bwatumbaga 13 — twatumbaga 14/6 bwatumbaga gaatumbaga 15/6 kwatumbaga 16 haatumbaga — negative ti- + subject concord + atumbaga person noun class singular plural first person tinatumbaga titwatumbaga second person tiwatumbaga timwatumbaga third person 1/2 tiyatumbaga tibaatumbaga 3/4 tigwatumbaga tiyatumbaga 5/6 tiryatumbaga tigaatumbaga 7/8 tikyatumbaga tibyatumbaga 9/10 tiyatumbaga tizaatumbaga 11/10 tirwatumbaga 12/14 tikaatumbaga tibwatumbaga 13 — titwatumbaga 14/6 tibwatumbaga tigaatumbaga 15/6 tikwatumbaga 16 tihaatumbaga — subject concord + -taatumbaga near future affirmative subject concord + -raatumba person noun class singular plural first person ndaatumba turaatumba second person oraatumba muraatumba third person 1/2 araatumba baraatumba 3/4 guraatumba eraatumba 5/6 liraatumba garaatumba 7/8 kiraatumba biraatumba 9/10 eraatumba ziraatumba 11/10 ruraatumba 12/14 karaatumba buraatumba 13 — turaatumba 14/6 buraatumba garaatumba 15/6 kuraatumba 16 haraatumba — negative ti- + subject concord + -aatumbe person noun class singular plural first person tinaatumbe titwatumbe second person tiwaatumbe timwatumbe third person 1/2 tiyaatumbe tibaatumbe 3/4 tigwatumbe tiyaatumbe 5/6 tiryatumbe tigaatumbe 7/8 tikyatumbe tibyatumbe 9/10 tiyaatumbe tizaatumbe 11/10 tirwatumbe 12/14 tikaatumbe tibwatumbe 13 — titwatumbe 14/6 tibwatumbe tigaatumbe 15/6 tikwatumbe 16 tihaatumbe — subject concord + -taatumbe remote future affirmative subject concord + -litumba person noun class singular plural first person nditumba tulitumba second person olitumba mulitumba third person 1/2 alitumba balitumba 3/4 gulitumba eritumba 5/6 liritumba galitumba 7/8 kiritumba biritumba 9/10 eritumba ziritumba 11/10 rulitumba 12/14 kalitumba bulitumba 13 — tulitumba 14/6 bulitumba galitumba 15/6 kulitumba 16 halitumba — negative ti- + subject concord + -litumba person noun class singular plural first person tinditumba titulitumba second person tolitumba timulitumba third person 1/2 talitumba tibalitumba 3/4 tigulitumba teritumba 5/6 tiriritumba tigalitumba 7/8 tikiritumba tibiritumba 9/10 teritumba tiziritumba 11/10 tirulitumba 12/14 tikalitumba tibulitumba 13 — titulitumba 14/6 tibulitumba tigalitumba 15/6 tikulitumba 16 tihalitumba — subject concord + -talitumba future habitual affirmative subject concord + -raatumbaga person noun class singular plural first person ndaatumbaga turaatumbaga second person oraatumbaga muraatumbaga third person 1/2 araatumbaga baraatumbaga 3/4 guraatumbaga eraatumbaga 5/6 liraatumbaga garaatumbaga 7/8 kiraatumbaga biraatumbaga 9/10 eraatumbaga ziraatumbaga 11/10 ruraatumbaga 12/14 karaatumbaga buraatumbaga 13 — turaatumbaga 14/6 buraatumbaga garaatumbaga 15/6 kuraatumbaga 16 haraatumbaga — negative ti- + subject concord + -aatumbege person noun class singular plural first person tinaatumbege titwatumbege second person tiwaatumbege timwatumbege third person 1/2 tiyaatumbege tibaatumbege 3/4 tigwatumbege tiyaatumbege 5/6 tiryatumbege tigaatumbege 7/8 tikyatumbege tibyatumbege 9/10 tiyaatumbege tizaatumbege 11/10 tirwatumbege 12/14 tikaatumbege tibwatumbege 13 — titwatumbege 14/6 tibwatumbege tigaatumbege 15/6 tikwatumbege 16 tihaatumbege — subject concord + -taatumbege subjunctive affirmative subject concord + tumbe person noun class singular plural first person ntumbe tutumbe second person otumbe mutumbe third person 1/2 atumbe batumbe 3/4 gutumbe etumbe 5/6 litumbe gatumbe 7/8 kitumbe bitumbe 9/10 etumbe zitumbe 11/10 rutumbe 12/14 katumbe butumbe 13 — tutumbe 14/6 butumbe gatumbe 15/6 kutumbe 16 hatumbe — negative subject concord + -tatumba person noun class singular plural first person ntatumba tutatumba second person otatumba mutatumba third person 1/2 atatumba batatumba 3/4 gutatumba etatumba 5/6 litatumba gatatumba 7/8 kitatumba bitatumba 9/10 etatumba zitatumba 11/10 rutatumba 12/14 katatumba butatumba 13 — tutatumba 14/6 butatumba gatatumba 15/6 kutatumba 16 hatatumba — — subjunctive habitual affirmative subject concord + tumbege person noun class singular plural first person ntumbege tutumbege second person otumbege mutumbege third person 1/2 atumbege batumbege 3/4 gutumbege etumbege 5/6 litumbege gatumbege 7/8 kitumbege bitumbege 9/10 etumbege zitumbege 11/10 rutumbege 12/14 katumbege butumbege 13 — tutumbege 14/6 butumbege gatumbege 15/6 kutumbege 16 hatumbege — hypothetical affirmative subject concord + -aakutumba person noun class singular plural first person naakutumba twakutumba second person waakutumba mwakutumba third person 1/2 yaakutumba baakutumba 3/4 gwakutumba yaakutumba 5/6 lyakutumba gaakutumba 7/8 kyakutumba byakutumba 9/10 yaakutumba zaakutumba 11/10 rwakutumba 12/14 kaakutumba bwakutumba 13 — twakutumba 14/6 bwakutumba gaakutumba 15/6 kwakutumba 16 haakutumba — negative ti- + subject concord + -aakutumba person noun class singular plural first person tinaakutumba titwakutumba second person tiwaakutumba timwakutumba third person 1/2 tiyaakutumba tibaakutumba 3/4 tigwakutumba tiyaakutumba 5/6 tiryakutumba tigaakutumba 7/8 tikyakutumba tibyakutumba 9/10 tiyaakutumba tizaakutumba 11/10 tirwakutumba 12/14 tikaakutumba tibwakutumba 13 — titwakutumba 14/6 tibwakutumba tigaakutumba 15/6 tikwakutumba 16 tihaakutumba — subject concord + -taakutumba conditional affirmative subject concord + -aakutumbire person noun class singular plural first person naakutumbire twakutumbire second person waakutumbire mwakutumbire third person 1/2 yaakutumbire baakutumbire 3/4 gwakutumbire yaakutumbire 5/6 lyakutumbire gaakutumbire 7/8 kyakutumbire byakutumbire 9/10 yaakutumbire zaakutumbire 11/10 rwakutumbire 12/14 kaakutumbire bwakutumbire 13 — twakutumbire 14/6 bwakutumbire gaakutumbire 15/6 kwakutumbire 16 haakutumbire — negative ti- + subject concord + -aakutumbire person noun class singular plural first person tinaakutumbire titwakutumbire second person tiwaakutumbire timwakutumbire third person 1/2 tiyaakutumbire tibaakutumbire 3/4 tigwakutumbire tiyaakutumbire 5/6 tiryakutumbire tigaakutumbire 7/8 tikyakutumbire tibyakutumbire 9/10 tiyaakutumbire tizaakutumbire 11/10 tirwakutumbire 12/14 tikaakutumbire tibwakutumbire 13 — titwakutumbire 14/6 tibwakutumbire tigaakutumbire 15/6 tikwakutumbire 16 tihaakutumbire — subject concord + -taakutumbire

¹ The forms in this column are reduced relative forms; full relative forms require an augment before the subject concord.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -tumbira
  • Short causative: -tumbya
  • Long causative: -tumbisa

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[3], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 350
• Rubongoya, L. T. (2013), Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎^[4], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 411
• Entry 3057 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• túńbá
• túúbá

Etymology

From Arabic تَوْبَة (tawba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tú.ŋ́.bá/

Verb

túḿbá

1. (intransitive) to surrender

   Synonym: fi lélẹ̀

   Synonym: juwọ́ sílẹ̀

   Ebi ló mú ọ̀tá túḿbá. ― It was hunger that made the enemy surrender.

2. (intransitive) to apologize, to show remorse, to repent

   Synonyms: tọrọ àforíjì, bẹ̀, ronúpìwàdà

Derived terms

• ìtúúbá (“surrender, apology”)