ubi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ubi"

Translingual

Etymology

From English Ubi.

Symbol

ubi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ubi.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ubi terms

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi.

Noun

ubi

1. yam

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: u‧bi
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔubi/ [ˈʔu.bɪ]

Noun

ubi

1. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)
2. purple

Adjective

ubi

1. purple

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

ubi

1. purple yam, Dioscorea alata

Hungarian

Etymology

Clipping and -i diminutive of uborka (“cucumber”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈubi]
• Hyphenation: ubi
• Rhymes: -bi

Noun

ubi (plural ubik)

1. (informal) cucumber

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	ubi	ubik
accusative	ubit	ubikat
dative	ubinak	ubiknak
instrumental	ubival	ubikkal
causal-final	ubiért	ubikért
translative	ubivá	ubikká
terminative	ubiig	ubikig
essive-formal	ubiként	ubikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ubiban	ubikban
superessive	ubin	ubikon
adessive	ubinál	ubiknál
illative	ubiba	ubikba
sublative	ubira	ubikra
allative	ubihoz	ubikhoz
elative	ubiból	ubikból
delative	ubiról	ubikról
ablative	ubitól	ubiktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	ubié	ubiké
non-attributive possessive – plural	ubiéi	ubikéi

Possessive forms of ubi

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ubim	ubijaim (or ubiim)
2nd person sing.	ubid	ubijaid (or ubiid)
3rd person sing.	ubija	ubijai (or ubii)
1st person plural	ubink	ubijaink (or ubiink)
2nd person plural	ubitok	ubijaitok (or ubiitok)
3rd person plural	ubijuk	ubijaik (or ubiik)

Igala

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ù.bí/

Noun

ùbí

1. Black-necked spitting cobra

Etymology 2

Cognate with Yoruba ubi, Yoruba ibi, probably from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-bi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ú.bī/

Noun

úbi

1. placenta

Etymology 3

Cognate with Yoruba ùbí, Yoruba ìbí, from Proto-Yoruboid *ù-bí, equivalent to ù- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bí (“to give birth to”), also compare with Yoruba ẹbí (“family”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ù.bí/

Noun

ùbí

1. birth
2. genetic or familial connection

Derived terms

• ọ́jọ́ úbī (“birthday”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ù.bì/

Preposition

ùbì

1. behind; back of something
2. after, later

Noun

ùbì

1. back (body)
2. a second traditional burial rite performed for a departed elder

Derived terms

• d'ùbì-gbá (“to turn one's back; to ignore”)
• l'ùbì-ùbì (“to move slowly (idiomatic)”)
• ọ̀kpóóló-úbì (“spinal column”)
• ùbì-ojí (“skull”)
• ùbì-ùbì (“far behind”)
• ùbìoko (“backyard; toilet”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ubi, from Classical Malay ubi, from Proto-Malayic *hubi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hubi, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hubi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈubi]
• Hyphenation: ubi

Noun

ubi (plural ubi-ubi)

1. yam (any Dioscorea vine)
2. (in extension) tuberous plant

Hyponyms

• ubi belanda
• ubi benggala
• ubi garut
• ubi jalar
• ubi jawa
• ubi jenderal
• ubi kayu
• ubi kelapa
• ubi kenduduk
• ubi kentang
• ubi manis
• ubi prancis
• ubi rambat
• ubi sampa

Related terms

• umbi

Further reading

• “ubi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ubi, ubī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.bi/

Pronoun

ubi

1. (relative) where
2. (interrogative) where

   Ubi labora tu dentista?

   Where does your dentist work?

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.bi/
• Rhymes: -ubi
• Hyphenation: ù‧bi

Noun

ubi m (invariable)

1. place (literary)

   Synonym: luogo

Anagrams

• bui

Kibiri

Noun

ubi

1. water

References

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67