tumbuna

Refer etymology under tambu.

See original Mihalic entry.

Noun forms

  1. Kind of person: ancestors ® tumbu
    long taim bilong tumbuna in the days of the ancestors
    samting ol tumbuna bin holim things that the ancestors possessed, traditional things

  1. Kinship: grandparent ® bubu
    tumbuna man grandfather
    tumbuna meri grandmother

  1. Kinship: grandchild, greatgrandchild ® bubu
    tumbuna pikinini grandchild, greatgrandchild

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