τούμπα
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Reborrowing from Latin tumba (“small mound”), from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “small mound”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]τούμπα • (toúmpa) f (plural τούμπες)
- small hill
- (gymnastics) somersault
- (figuratively, colloquial) a bad fall
- Γλίστρησα και πήρα μία τούμπα.
- Glístrisa kai píra mía toúmpa.
- I slipped and had a big fall.
- (figuratively, colloquial) a bad fall
Declension
[edit]Declension of τούμπα
Synonyms
[edit]- (somersault): κυβίστηση f (kyvístisi) (literary)
- (bad fall): κουτρουβάλα f (koutrouvála), κωλοτούμπα f (kolotoúmpa)
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]τούμπα • (toúmpa) f (plural τούμπες)
Declension
[edit]Declension of τούμπα
References
[edit]- ^ τούμπα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
[edit]τούμπα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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