kukrumbajsa

Maltese

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Aquilina, it is a corruption of kurbajsa. Compare Arabic ⁧كَرْبَسَ⁩ (karbasa, “to walk as if one is shackled”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuk.rum.baj.sa/

Noun

kukrumbajsa f (plural kukrumbajsi)

  1. somersault
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