latumba
feminine
/ˈtumba/
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Translation
grave, tomb
Word origin
From Latin tumba ('tomb'), from Greek tymbos ('burial mound'). The same root gives English 'tomb'.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- tymbos
- English cognates
- tomb
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluraltumbas
Examples
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They left flowers on their grandmother's grave.
catedral.
The king's tomb is inside the cathedral.
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Every year we visit my father's grave.
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They found a very old tomb beneath the church.
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He took the secret to his grave.
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