tumbă

See also: tumba, Tumba, tumbá, and tumbã

Romanian

Etymology

Possibly an expressive creation from early Romanian based on an onomatopoeic 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 τούμπα (toúmpa). Also found in Aromanian tumbã.

Noun

tumbă f (plural tumbe)

somersault

Declension

Declension of tumbă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) tumbă	tumba	(niște) tumbe	tumbele
genitive/dative	(unei) tumbe	tumbei	(unor) tumbe	tumbelor
vocative	tumbă, tumbo		tumbelor