tumba

See also: Tumba, tumbá, tumbã, and tumbă

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish tumbar. Cognate with Tagalog tumba.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tum‧ba

Verb

tumba

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

Noun

tumba

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

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Irish

Noun

tumba m (genitive singular tumba, nominative plural tumbaí)

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

Declension

Declension of tumba

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative tumba tumbaí Vocative a thumba a thumbaí Genitive tumba tumbaí Dative tumba tumbaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tumba na tumbaí Genitive an tumba na dtumbaí Dative leis an tumba don tumba leis na tumbaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tumba	thumba	dtumba
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos), probably from Proto-Indo-European *tewH- (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtum.ba/, [ˈt̪ʊmbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtum.ba/, [ˈt̪umbä]

Noun

tumba f (genitive tumbae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) tomb

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	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
      • → Maori: 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.

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Middle English

Noun

tumba (plural tumbas)

1. Alternative form of tombe (“tomb”)

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

tumba f (plural tumbas)

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

Synonyms

• túmulo

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtumba/ [ˈt̪ũm.ba]

Noun

tumba f (plural tumbas)

1. grave

Derived terms

• ser una tumba

Related terms

• tumbar
• tumbona

Verb

tumba

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of tumbar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of tumbar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of tumbar.

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish tumbar. Cognate with Cebuano tumba.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tum‧ba

Verb

tumba

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

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for itumba

Affix	Root word		Trigger
i-	tumba		object
Aspect				Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
itumba	itinumba	itinutumba inatumba1	itutumba atumba1	itumba tutumbaan1
1 Dialectal use only.

Verb conjugation for tumbahin

Affix	Root word		Trigger
-in ᜒᜈ᜔	tumba ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ		object
Aspect				Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
tumbahin ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜑᜒᜈ᜔	tinumba ᜆᜒᜈᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ	tinutumba ᜆᜒᜈᜓᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ inatumba1 ᜁᜈᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ	tutumbahin ᜆᜓᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜑᜒᜈ᜔ atumbahin1 ᜀᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜑᜒᜈ᜔	tumbahin ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜑᜒᜈ᜔ tumba1 ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ tumbaha1 ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜑ
1 Dialectal use only.

Verb conjugation for ipatumba

Affix	Root word		Trigger
ipa-	tumba		object
Aspect
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
ipatumba	ipinatumba pinatumba	ipinapatumba pinapatumba	ipapatumba

Verb conjugation for magsitumba

Affix	Root word		Trigger
magsi-	tumba		actor
Aspect
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
magsitumba	nagsitumba	nagsisitumba	magsisitumba

Verb conjugation for matutumba

Affix	Root word		Trigger
maka-	tumba		actor
Aspect
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
makatumba	nakatumba	nakatutumba nakakatumba	makatutumba makakatumba

Verb conjugation for tumumba

Affix		Root word			Trigger
-um- ᜓᜋ᜔		tumba ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ			actor
Aspect						Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative	Recently Complete
tumumba ᜆᜓᜋᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ	tumumba ᜆᜓᜋᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ tungmumba1 ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ	tumutumba ᜆᜓᜋᜓᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ tungmutumba1 ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜓᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ natumba2 ᜈ ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ	tutumba ᜆᜓᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ matumba2 ᜋ ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ	formal	katutumba ᜃᜆᜓᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ	tumumba ᜆᜓᜋᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ tumba2 ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ
				informal	kakatumba ᜃᜃᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ
1Now archaic in Modern Tagalog. 2Dialectal use only.

Verb conjugation for magpatumba

Affix		Root word			Trigger
magpa-		tumba			actor
Aspect						Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative	Recently Complete
magpatumba	nagpatumba	nagpapatumba	magpapatumba	formal	―	kakapatumba kapapatumba kapagpapatumba
				informal	kapatutumba

Verb conjugation for matumba

Affix	Root word		Trigger
ma-	tumba		object
Aspect
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
matumba	natumba	natutumba	matutumba

Synonyms

• dapa
• bagsak
• lagapak
• laglag
• taob
• gulong
• buwal
• tiwas