τούμπα

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Greek

Etymology 1

Reborrowing from Latin tumba (“small mound”), from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “small mound”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtum.ba/ [1]
  • Hyphenation: τού‧μπα

Noun

τούμπα • (toúmpa) f (plural τούμπες)

  1. small hill
  2. (gymnastics) somersault
    1. (figuratively, colloquial) a bad fall
      Γλίστρησα και πήρα μία τούμπα.
      Glístrisa kai píra mía toúmpa.
      I slipped and had a big fall.
Declension
Declension of τούμπα
singular plural
nominative τούμπα • τούμπες •
genitive τούμπας • —
accusative τούμπα • τούμπες •
vocative τούμπα • τούμπες •
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Italian tuba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtu.ba/ (the ⟨μπ⟩ pronounced as in Italian)
  • Hyphenation: τού‧μπα

Noun

τούμπα • (toúmpa) f (plural τούμπες)

  1. (music) tuba
Declension
Declension of τούμπα
singular plural
nominative τούμπα • τούμπες •
genitive τούμπας • —
accusative τούμπα • τούμπες •
vocative τούμπα • τούμπες •

References

  1. ^ τούμπα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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