kalumbaba

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ka‧lum‧ba‧ba
  • IPA(key): /kalumˈbabaʔ/, [kɐ.lʊmˈba.bɐʔ]
  • IPA(key): /kalumbaˈbaʔ/, [kɐ.lʊm.bɐˈbaʔ]

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
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