lubi

See also: lúbǐ and łubi

Albanian

Alternative forms

• ljubi
• luvgi
• luvgji

Etymology

According to Orel, from luvgat, from Vulgar Latin *lupus peccatus, with difficult semantics. Most probably from Proto-Albanian *laubitja, related to Sanskrit लुभ्यति (lúbhyati, “to wish”), Proto-Slavic *ľubiti (“to love”), thus unrelated to lugat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈbi/

Proper noun

lubi f (plural lubi, definite lubia, definite plural lubitë)

1. (mythology) a mythological figure of Albanian folklore imagined as a spiteful multiheaded serpentine dragon woman (also imagined as a serpent or demon), not dissimilar to a Lernean Hydra in Ancient Greek folklore. The number of heads varies from 7 to 100, and when one is cut off another grows in its place.

   Synonym: kuçedër

2. ogress
3. (figurative, derogatory) hungry, ravenous, gluttonous person
4. (regional, dialectal) storm, storm deity

References

• “lubi”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “lubí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 251
• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lubi”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 232
• Elsie, Robert (2001) A Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology and Folk Culture‎^[2], London: Hurst & Company, →ISBN
• Lurker, Manfred (2005) The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons‎^[3], Routledge, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN

Cebuano

Etymology

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lu‧bi

Noun

lubi

1. the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera)
2. the fruit of a coconut palm; a coconut
3. coconut meat

Verb

lubi

1. to add coconut meat to a dish

Derived terms

• linubihan
• kalubihan

Anagrams

• buli, luib

Hiligaynon

Noun

lubi

1. coconut

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.bi/

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• Rhymes: -ubi
• Syllabification: lu‧bi

Verb

lubi

1. third-person singular present of lubić

Adjective

lubi

1. virile nominative/vocative plural of luby

Waray-Waray

Noun

lubi

1. coconut