tumben

Indonesian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtumbɛn/ [ˈt̪um.bɛn]
• Rhymes: -umbɛn
• Syllabification: tum‧ben

Adverb

tumbèn

1. used to express surprise or to indicate that something is unusual or unexpected

   Synonyms: ganjil benar, jarang-jarang

   Wih, tumben kamu datang tepat waktu! ― Wow, you came on time for a change!

Derived terms

• ketumbenan
• tumben-tumbenan

Further reading

• “tumben”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English tumbian (“to tumble”) (from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (“to turn, rotate”)) and Anglo-Norman toumber (“to fall”) (Old French tumber), itself perhaps from the same Germanic verb via Frankish.

Verb

tumben (third-person singular simple present tumbeth, present participle tumbynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tumbed)

1. to fall, tumble

Alternative forms

• tomben, toumbe

Descendants

• English: tumb

Etymology 2

Verb

tumben (third-person singular simple present tumbeth, present participle tumbynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tumbed)

1. alternative form of tomben (“to inter”)

Spanish

Verb

tumben

1. inflection of tumbar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative