cumbia
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English
Etymology
From Colombian and Panamanian Spanish cumbia.
Pronunciation
Noun
cumbia (usually uncountable, plural cumbias)
Further reading
Basque
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
cumbia inan
Declension
Declension of cumbia (inanimate, singular only, ending in -a)
| indefinite | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | cumbia | cumbia |
| ergative | — | cumbiak |
| dative | — | cumbiari |
| genitive | — | cumbiaren |
| comitative | — | cumbiarekin |
| causative | — | cumbiarengatik |
| benefactive | — | cumbiarentzat |
| instrumental | cumbiaz | cumbiaz |
| inessive | — | cumbian |
| locative | — | — |
| allative | — | — |
| terminative | — | — |
| directive | — | — |
| destinative | — | — |
| ablative | — | — |
| partitive | cumbiarik | — |
| prolative | cumbiatzat | — |
Further reading
- “cumbia”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
Spanish
Etymology
Of African, probably Bantu, origin. Akin to Cuban Spanish cumbé (“Afro-Caribbean dance”); see cumbancha.
Pronunciation
Noun
cumbia f (plural cumbias)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “cumbia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10