abi
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
abi
AisiEdit
NounEdit
abi
Further readingEdit
- Don Daniels, Magi: An Undocumented Language (in a comparative wordlist)
Baba MalayEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
abi
- alternative spelling of habis (“finish”)
CebuanoEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: a‧bi
VerbEdit
abi
- to misconstrue; to interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand
Usage notesEdit
Often confused with ambi.
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:abi.
AnagramsEdit
ChickasawEdit
EtymologyEdit
Possibly the second verb in a verb-pair with albi. Cognate with Alabama ibi and Choctaw abi.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
abi (active)
- (transitive) to kill (I;II)
- (transitive) to abort (I;II)
InflectionEdit
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Derived termsEdit
- aa-abi
- aa-abichi'
- abiika
- abika
- ahámbi
- chipotabi
- chokaanishtabi'
- fowabbi
- foyabbi
- halambabi
- halbabi'
- hattak abi'
- hichabbi
- hollabi
- ibaa-abi
- ikbo
- ilibi
- imambi
- imilhlhabi
- isso̱sh abi'
- ittibi
- ittibikolofa
- kayyachit abi
- lokchabi
- Mí'tabi'
- noklhitoffit abi
- oka' okaa-abi
- pallichit abi
- pintabi'
- pintishtabi'
- shimoochit abi
- sipoknabi'
- To'kabi'
- to̱shabbi
- waakaa-abi'
- washkabi
ChoctawEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ʋbi (traditional)
- ạbi (Byington/Swanton)
EtymologyEdit
Cognate with Alabama ibi (“to kill”), Chickasaw abi (“to kill”)
NounEdit
abi
VerbEdit
abi
- to kill, to murder
- to be sick or infected (usually with a skin disease)
Related termsEdit
EstonianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *api.
NounEdit
abi (genitive abi, partitive abi)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | abi | abid |
accusative | abi | abid |
genitive | abi | abide |
partitive | abi | abisid |
illative | appi abisse |
abidesse |
inessive | abis | abides |
elative | abist | abidest |
allative | abile | abidele |
adessive | abil | abidel |
ablative | abilt | abidelt |
translative | abiks | abideks |
terminative | abini | abideni |
essive | abina | abidena |
abessive | abita | abideta |
comitative | abiga | abidega |
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- abi in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik
- abi in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
- abi in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
- abi in Sõnaveeb
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Clipping of abiturientti.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
abi
- (colloquial) A candidate for the matriculation examination.
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of abi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | abi | abit | |
genitive | abin | abien | |
partitive | abia | abeja | |
illative | abiin | abeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | abi | abit | |
accusative | nom. | abi | abit |
gen. | abin | ||
genitive | abin | abien | |
partitive | abia | abeja | |
inessive | abissa | abeissa | |
elative | abista | abeista | |
illative | abiin | abeihin | |
adessive | abilla | abeilla | |
ablative | abilta | abeilta | |
allative | abille | abeille | |
essive | abina | abeina | |
translative | abiksi | abeiksi | |
instructive | — | abein | |
abessive | abitta | abeitta | |
comitative | — | abeineen |
Possessive forms of abi (type risti) | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | abini | abimme |
2nd person | abisi | abinne |
3rd person | abinsa |
GaroEdit
NounEdit
abi
SynonymsEdit
Haitian CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
abi
SynonymsEdit
HiligaynonEdit
AdverbEdit
ábi
VerbEdit
ábi
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Arabic أَبِي (ʔabī, “father”), genitive construct state of أَب (ʔab, “father”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾab- (“father”). Doublet of aba, abu, and abbas.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
abi
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “abi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
abi
KalashaEdit
PronounEdit
abi
- Alternative spelling of ábi
DeterminerEdit
abi
- Alternative spelling of ábi
KangjiaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Mongolic *ab-, compare Mongolian авах (avax).
VerbEdit
abi
- to take
LatinEdit
VerbEdit
abī
LatvianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From an earlier abu, still dialectally attested (abi was originally the feminine/neuter dual form), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *abu, from Proto-Indo-European *a(m)-bʰow, where the initial part is an old deictic pronoun or particle, reinforcing the meaning “two, both” of the second part. Cognates include Lithuanian abù, abì, Old Prussian abbai, Old Church Slavonic оба (oba), Russian о́ба (óba), Belarusian о́ба (óba), о́бадва (óbadva), Ukrainian о́ба (óba), Bulgarian о́ба (óba), Czech, Polish oba, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹 (bai), German beide, Sanskrit उभौ (ubháu), Ancient Greek ἄμφω (ámphō), Latin ambō, Tocharian A āmpi.[1]
PronunciationEdit
(file) |
AdjectiveEdit
abi (no def., no comp., no sup., no adv.)
- both (one and the other of two)
- abas acis, rokas, kājas ― both eyes, hands, legs
- satvert abās rokās ― to grab with (lit. in) both hands
- abās pusēs ceļam mežs ― the road has forest on both sides
- klausīties (ar) abām ausīm ― to hear with both ears (= very attentively)
- attālums starp abiem ledus gabaliem ātri auga ― the distance between both pieces of ice grew rapidly
- (used pronominally) both (the two previously mentioned)
- pie mājas aug divi ozoli, abi tēva stādīti ― by the house two oaks grow, both planted by father
- Helēna apskāva māti, un viņas abas nosēdās blakus tēvam ― Helēna hugged mother, and both of them sat next to father.
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “abi”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Nigerian PidginEdit
EtymologyEdit
ConjunctionEdit
àbi
Usage notesEdit
In "either...or" sentences, this word can optionally be placed in the "whether" position as well.
ParticleEdit
àbi
- Interrogative particle placed at the beginning or end of a yes/no question.
- Synonym: weda
OjibweEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
abi (changed conjunct form ebid, reduplicated form ayabi)
- be at home
- Abi go awe gaa-pi-andwewemind awasonaago.
- The person they asked about the other day was home.
- Abi go awe gaa-pi-andwewemind awasonaago.
- sit in (a certain place)
ConjugationEdit
Independent | positive | negative |
---|---|---|
1st person (1s) Niin | nindab | nindabisii(n) |
2nd person (2s) Giin | gidab | gidabisii(n) |
3rd person (3s) Wiin | abi | abisii(n) |
Obviative (3') | abiwan | abisiiwan |
Indefinite (X) | abim | abisiim |
1st person plural exclusive (1p) Niinawind | nindabimin | nindabisiimin |
1st person plural inclusive (21) Giinawind | gidabimin | gidabisiimin |
2nd person plural (2p) Giinawaa | gidabim | gidabisiim |
3rd person plural (3p) Wiinawaa | abiwag | abisiiwag |
Conjunct | positive | negative |
1st person (1s) Niin | abiyaan | abisiwaan |
2nd person (2s) Giin | abiyan/yin | abisiwan/siwin |
3rd person (3s) Wiin | abid | abisig |
Obviative (3') | abinid | abisinid/sinig |
Indefinite (X) | abing | abising |
1st person plural exclusive (1p) Niinawind | abiyaang | abisiwaang |
1st person plural inclusive (21) Giinawind | abiyang/ying | abisiwang/siwing |
2nd person plural (2p) Giinawaa | abiyeg | abisiweg |
3rd person plural (3p) Wiinawaa | abiwaad | abisiwaad |
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/abi-vai
Palu'eEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.
NounEdit
abi
- fire (oxidation reaction)
Remontado AgtaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabiqi (“late afternoon, evening, evening meal, yesterday”), from Proto-Austronesian *ʀabiqi (“late afternoon, evening, evening meal”).
NounEdit
abî
Derived termsEdit
SardinianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
abi ?
Sranan TongoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English have or Portuguese haver.
VerbEdit
abi
TalyshEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
abi (Cyrillic аби)
ReferencesEdit
- Pirejko, L. A. (1976), “аби”, in Talyšsko-russkij slovarʹ [Talysh–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 20
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Contraction of ağabey.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
abi (definite accusative abiyi, plural abiler)
- (colloquial) elder brother
Usage notesEdit
The term is a common respectful form of address for any non-elderly adult man.
DeclensionEdit
Inflection | ||
---|---|---|
Nominative | abi | |
Definite accusative | abiyi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | abi | abiler |
Definite accusative | abiyi | abileri |
Dative | abiye | abilere |
Locative | abide | abilerde |
Ablative | abiden | abilerden |
Genitive | abinin | abilerin |
VenetianEdit
VerbEdit
abi
VolapükEdit
ConjunctionEdit
abi
See alsoEdit
VõroEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *api.
NounEdit
abi (genitive abi, partitive api)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | abi | abiq |
accusative | abi | abiq |
genitive | abi | apõ |
partitive | api | apõ |
illative | api | apõ apõhe |
inessive | abin abihn |
abõn apõn abõhn apõhn |
elative | abist | abõst apõst |
allative | abilõ | abõlõ apõlõ |
adessive | abil | abõl apõl |
ablative | abilt | abõlt apõlt |
translative | abis | abõs apõs |
terminative | abiniq | abõniq apõniq |
abessive | abildaq | abõldaq apõldaq |
comitative | abigaq | apõgaq |
YorubaEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
àbí