тумба

Russian

noun+

Definitions

cupboard, cabinet, pedestal
advertising pillar
(historical) stone
(colloquial) fat/rotund person, tub

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tumbe (grave, coffin) derived from Latin tumba (small mound).

Origin

Latin

tumba

Gloss

small mound

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

tumba Latin
Tumbe German
tomba Italian
tombale Italian
tumba Spanish, Castilian
κατά Ancient Greek
τύμβα Ancient Greek
τύμβος Ancient Greek
tumba Portuguese
tombe Old French
tumbe Old French
tomba Catalan, Valencian
τούμπα Greek (modern)