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Etymology 1

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Reborrowing from Latin tumba (small mound), from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, small mound)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtum.ba/ [1]
  • Hyphenation: τού‧μπα

Noun

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τούμπα (toúmpaf (plural τούμπες)

  1. small hill
  2. (gymnastics) somersault
    1. (figuratively, colloquial) a bad fall
      Γλίστρησα και πήρα μία τούμπα.
      Glístrisa kai píra mía toúmpa.
      I slipped and had a big fall.
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Etymology 2

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From Italian tuba.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtu.ba/ (the ⟨μπ⟩ pronounced [b] as in Italian)
  • Hyphenation: τού‧μπα

Noun

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τούμπα (toúmpaf (plural τούμπες)

  1. (music) tuba
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References

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  1. ^ τούμπα”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998

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