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Yorùbá Dictionary
túḿbá verb /tú.ŋ́.bá/
túńbá (alternative), túúbá (alternative)
Definitions
  1. to surrender intransitive
    Ebi ló mú ọ̀tá túḿbá. It was hunger that made the enemy surrender.
    Similar words
    fi lélẹ̀juwọ́ sílẹ̀
  2. to apologize, to show remorse, to repent intransitive
    Similar words
    tọrọ àforíjìbẹ̀verbronúpìwàdàverb
Etymology
From Arabic تَوْبَة (tawba).
Used in
ìtúúbá
Source: Wiktionary, where this word is spelled “tumba”. Reference: en-tumba-yo-verb-CYJMmS99