tumben

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Indonesian

Adverb

tumben

  1. Used to express surprise or to indicate that something is unusual or unexpected.
    Tumben kamu datang tepat waktu!Wow, you came on time for a change!

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English tumbian (to tumble) (from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (to turn, rotate)) and Anglo-Norman toumber (to fall) (Old French tumber), itself perhaps from the same Germanic verb via Frankish.

Verb

tumben (third-person singular simple present tumbeth, present participle tumbende, tumbynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tumbed)

  1. to fall, tumble
Alternative forms
Descendants
  • English: tumb

Etymology 2

Verb

tumben (third-person singular simple present tumbeth, present participle tumbende, tumbynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tumbed)

  1. Alternative form of tomben (to inter)

Spanish

Verb

tumben

  1. inflection of tumbar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative