tonbe

tonbe

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French tomber (to fall).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔ̃be/
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Verb

tonbe

  1. (intransitive) to fall, tumble, collapse
  2. (intransitive) to sink, subside
  3. (auxiliary) to start (followed by verb)
    tonbe danseto start dancing

Derived terms

  • tonbe pou (to fall for, to fall in love with)

References

  • Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 192

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French tomber (to fall).

Verb

tonbe

  1. to start to, to begin (doing something)

Old French

Alternative forms

Noun

tonbe oblique singularf (oblique plural tonbes, nominative singular tonbe, nominative plural tonbes)

  1. tomb (place where people are interred)

See also