tumben
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtumbɛn/ [ˈt̪um.bɛn]
- Rhymes: -umbɛn
- Syllabification: tum‧ben
Adverb
tumbèn
- used to express surprise or to indicate that something is unusual or unexpected
- Tumben kamu datang tepat waktu! ― Wow, you came on time for a change!
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English tumbian (“to tumble”) (from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (“to turn, rotate”)) and Anglo-Norman toumber (“to fall”) (Old French tumber), itself perhaps from the same Germanic verb via Frankish.
Verb
tumben (third-person singular simple present tumbeth, present participle tumbende, tumbynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tumbed)
Alternative forms
Descendants
- English: tumb
Etymology 2
Verb
tumben (third-person singular simple present tumbeth, present participle tumbende, tumbynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tumbed)
- alternative form of tomben (“to inter”)
Spanish
Verb
tumben
- inflection of tumbar:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative