See also: UBE, übe, ubę́, and ǂūbe

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tagalog ube.

Noun

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ube (uncountable)

  1. The purple yam, Dioscorea alata.
    Ube is a popular ingredient in cakes and ice-cream in the Philippines and Jamaica.

Hypernyms

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Anagrams

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Estonian

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Noun

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ube

  1. partitive plural of uba

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin ubi.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ube

  1. (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)

Derived terms

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  • qua (who (person))
    • quo (what (thing))
    • qui (who (plural))
    • pro quo (why)
  • ube (where)
  • kande (when)
  • quala (what kind of)
  • quanta (how much)

Sardinian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin ubi.

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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ube

  1. where
    Synonym: unde

Adverb

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ube

  1. (interrogative) where, whereabouts
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Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi. Compare Hawaiian uhi (yam), Malagasy ovy (potato), Malay ubi (yam), and Maori uwhi (yam).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ube (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒ)

  1. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)
  2. purple (color/colour)
    Synonyms: morado, purpura, haban, haban-ube
    ube:  

Derived terms

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Colors in Tagalog · kulay (layout · text)
     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

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ube (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒ)

  1. purple (color/colour)
    Synonyms: morado, purpura, haban, haban-ube
    ube:  

Further reading

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  • 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; et al. (2023) “*qubi”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Ternate

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ube

  1. the slender sprat (Spratelloides gracilis)
  2. the Indian anchovy (Stolephorus indicus)

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh