tonbe
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Haitian Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French tomber (“to fall”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]tonbe
- to fall, tumble, collapse
- to sink, subside
- (auxiliary) to start (followed by verb)
- tonbe danse ― to start dancing
Derived terms
[edit]- tonbe pou (“to fall for, to fall in love with”)
Louisiana Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French tomber (“to fall”).
Verb
[edit]tonbe
- to start to, to begin (doing something)
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]tonbe oblique singular, f (oblique plural tonbes, nominative singular tonbe, nominative plural tonbes)
- tomb (place where people are interred)
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Haitian Creole terms derived from French
- Haitian Creole terms with IPA pronunciation
- Haitian Creole lemmas
- Haitian Creole verbs
- Haitian Creole auxiliary verbs
- Haitian Creole terms with usage examples
- Louisiana Creole terms inherited from French
- Louisiana Creole terms derived from French
- Louisiana Creole lemmas
- Louisiana Creole verbs
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French feminine nouns