tumbă

Română

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tumbă

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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 tumbe · tumbă · tumba · tumbele

feminine somersault

In English

caper playful leap
somersault the act of going head over heels

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"tumbă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/tumb%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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tumbă. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/tumb%C4%83

Chicago

"tumbă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/tumb%C4%83.

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@misc{tumba_2026,
  title = {tumbă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/tumb%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}