ube
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ube (uncountable)
- The purple yam, Dioscorea alata.
- Ube is a popular ingredient in cakes and ice-cream in the Philippines and Jamaica.
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ube
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ube
- (interrogative adverb) where
- Ube me esas? ― Where am I? (direct question)
- Me ne savas ube me esas. ― I don't know where I am. (indirect question)
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ube
Adverb edit
ube
- (interrogative) where, whereabouts
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi. Compare Hawaiian uhi (“yam”), Malagasy ovy (“potato”), Malay ubi (“yam”), and Maori uwhi (“yam”).
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ube (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒ)
- purple yam (Dioscorea alata)
- purple (color/colour)
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puti | abo, gris | itim |
pula; krimson, pulang-pula | kahel; kayumanggi | dilaw; krema |
kulay-dayap | lungti, lungtian, berde | |
turkesa | bughaw-langit, asul | bughaw, asul |
lila, biyoleta; nila, tayom | mahenta; ube, morado, haban, purpura | rosas, kalimbahin |
Adjective edit
ube (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒ)
Further reading edit
- “ube” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “ube”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qubi”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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ube
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- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh