tonbe
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French tomber (“to fall”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ̃be/
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Verb
tonbe
- (intransitive) to fall, tumble, collapse
- (intransitive) to sink, subside
- (auxiliary) to start (followed by verb)
- tonbe danse ― to 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
- to start to, to begin (doing something)
Old French
Alternative forms
Noun
tonbe oblique singular, f (oblique plural tonbes, nominative singular tonbe, nominative plural tonbes)
- tomb (place where people are interred)