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Meaning of tumba



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1º_ Underground tomb, tumulus, place where a deceased is buried and by extension its associated monument such as the tombstone, vault, . . . Latin was borrowed from the Greek 964; 965; 956; 946; 959; 962; ( tumbos "tumulus, swelling" ) . 2º_ Inflection of the verb tumbar ("fall, turn knock down") . See verbs/grave . 3º_ For the previous one, it is a somersault, a step of acrobatics. 4º_ Tumbadora made of hollow trunk. It has a Bantu origin. 5º_ Type of dance. 6º_ Prison, place of common and forced confinement. In this case the name seems to come from tumbo, a stew prepared to feed the inmates that in the general sense of "low quality food" is also called 'tomb'.

  



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

Inflection to knock down. In Colombia it means knocking down. It can also mean cheating, scamming, stealing. Tomb is also the place where a corpse is deposited. Mound, tomb, burial.

  

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Tomb: Back and forth, rattle.

  










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