timpa

• timpè (dialectal)

timpa (active nimpa, passive ditimpa)

1. to steal
2. to fall upon; to befall

Borrowed from Sicilian timpa.

timpa f (plural timpe)

1. a hill or a ravine typical of Southern Italy

timpa

1. to fall upon, to befall, to strike down on

• timba (sonorized)

Uncertain. Supposedly from an Ancient Greek source, if not of Pre-Greek origin. Likely derived from an earlier *tumpa; maybe related to Ancient Greek τῠ́πτω (tŭ́ptō, “to strike, beat, smite”) and to τύμπανον (túmpanon, “drum”). Technically not related to Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos) nor Late Latin tumba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtim.pa/
• Hyphenation: tì‧mpa

timpa f (plural timpi)

1. A small stone, a pebble

   Synonym: petra

2. A stone, a boulder

   Synonyms: massu, timpazza, timpuni

3. cliff, hillock

   Synonyms: calancu, sdirrupu, scogghiu

4. (reiterative) Uncomfortable place

   Synonym: trazzera

   Jiri timpi timpi. ― To go on a bad pathway

• Italian: timpa (regional)