Swedish

Proper noun

Tumba

1. a town in central Sweden, south of Stockholm

Cebuano

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

Irish

Noun

tumba m ‎(genitive singular tumba, nominative plural tumbaí)

1. Alternative form of tuama

Mutation

Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

tumba f ‎(genitive tumbae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) tomb

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

Synonyms

• sepulcrum

References

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

Portuguese

Noun

tumba f (plural tumbas)

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

Synonyms

• túmulo

Spanish

Etymology

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

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.