trumba

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse trumba.

Pronunciation

Verb

trumba (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative trumbaði, supine trumbað)

  1. (intransitive) to drum
    Synonym: tromma

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Noun

trumba f (genitive singular trumbu, nominative plural trumbur)

  1. drum
    Synonyms: tromma, bumba

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

Probably a borrowing from Old Saxon *trumba, from Proto-West Germanic *trumbā (trumpet, tuba, trombone), related to Old Dutch trumba, *trumpa, Old High German trumpa, trumba, ultimately imitative.

Noun

trumba f (genitive trumbu)

  1. pipe
  2. trumpet

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Verb

trumba

  1. to trumpet

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References

  • trumba”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press