tumba
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- grave, tomb
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tumba (small mound) derived from Ancient Greek τύμβος (swell, tomb, grave, burial mound, a sepulchral mound, small mound, funeral mound).
Origin
Ancient Greek
τύμβος
Gloss
swell, tomb, grave, burial mound, a sepulchral mound, small mound, funeral mound
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tumba Latin
- Tumbe German
- intombare Italian
- oltretomba Italian
- tomba Italian
- tombale Italian
- tombe French
- κατά Ancient Greek
- τυμβαύλης Ancient Greek
- τύμβα Ancient Greek
- τύμβος Ancient Greek
- *tewH- Proto-Indo-European
- *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *tum- Proto-Indo-European
- tumba Portuguese
- tombe Old French
- tumbe Old French
- tomba Catalan, Valencian
- τούμπα Greek (modern)
- katakomba Indonesian