tumaba

Tagalog

Etymology

From taba +‎ -um-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tumaˈbaʔ/ [t̪ʊ.mɐˈbaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: tu‧ma‧ba

Verb

tumabâ (complete tumaba, progressive tumataba, contemplative tataba, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜋᜊ)

1. to become fat; to grow fatter

   Tataba ka kung lagi kang kumakain nang marami.

   You'll get fat if you continue eating a lot.

2. to grow healthy (of plants)

   Synonym: lumusog

   Antonym: bumansot

3. to become fertile (of soil)
4. complete aspect of tumaba

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for tumaba

Affix		Root word			Trigger
-um- ᜓᜋ᜔		taba ᜆᜊ			actor
Aspect						Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative	Recently Complete
tumaba ᜆᜓᜋᜊ	tumaba ᜆᜓᜋᜊ tungmaba1 ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜊ	tumataba ᜆᜓᜋᜆᜊ tungmataba1 ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜆᜊ nataba2 ᜈ ᜆᜊ	tataba ᜆᜆᜊ mataba2 ᜋ ᜆᜊ	formal	katataba ᜃᜆᜆᜊ	tumaba ᜆᜓᜋᜊ taba2 ᜆᜊ
				informal	kakataba ᜃᜃᜆᜊ
1Now archaic in Modern Tagalog. 2Dialectal use only.

Anagrams

• bumata