kalumbaba

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• halumbaba
• ngalumbaba
• ngayumbaba
• salumbaba

Etymology

Possibly from variant salumbaba, from salo (“catch”) + -m- + baba (“chin”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kalumˈbabaʔ/ [kɐ.lʊmˈba.bɐʔ], /kalumbaˈbaʔ/ [kɐ.lʊm.bɐˈbaʔ]
• Rhymes: -abaʔ, -aʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧lum‧ba‧ba

Noun

kalumbabà or kalumbabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜊ)

1. act of resting one's chin on the palm or the back of hand (especially the knuckles)

Derived terms

• mangalumbaba
• pangalumbaba

 

Further reading

• “kalumbaba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018