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tumbalik

Pronunciation: /tumbaˈlik/

“tumbalik” is a Tagalog word. Its 6 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. upside-down; inverted
  2. reverse; contrary; opposite (of position, direction, etc.)
  3. ironical

noun

  1. act of inverting or reversing the position (of something)
  2. condition of being inverted or reversed in position
  3. somersaulting

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tumbalik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik. Compare balik and Malay terbalik (“upside-down”).

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