tumumba
tumumbá with stress marks
to fall over
From root: tumba
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tumumba
tu-mum-BA
fell over
Present (Incomplete)
tumutumba
tu-mu-tum-BA
is falling over
Future (Contemplated)
tutumba
tu-tum-BA
will fall over
Usage Note
Tumumba is the actor-focus form of tumba, a Spanish loanword, where the thing falling over is the grammatical subject. For the causative action of knocking something down, the object-focus itumba is used instead — making the distinction between voluntary falling and caused toppling grammatically explicit.
Examples
" Tumumba ang bata sa daan. "
Natural Translation
The child fell over on the road.
Literal Translation
Fell-over the child on road.
" Delikadong tumumba ang lumang poste malapit sa abalang kalsada. "
Natural Translation
It is dangerous for the old pole to fall over near a busy street.
Literal Translation
Dangerous to-fall-over the old pole near to busy street.
" Tutumba talaga ang punong iyon kapag hindi mo naagapan ang ugat na bulok na sa ilalim ng lupa. "
Natural Translation
That tree will surely fall over if you do not deal with the root that has already rotted under the ground.
Literal Translation
Will-fall-over really the tree that when not you addressed-in-time the root that rotten already under of ground.
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