ubi

See also: ubí, Ubi, and UBI

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
2nd person sing.	ubid	ubijaid
3rd person sing.	ubija	ubijai
1st person plural	ubink	ubijaink
2nd person plural	ubitok	ubijaitok
3rd person plural	ubijuk	ubijaik

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 (first-person possessive ubiku, second-person possessive ubimu, third-person possessive ubinya)

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, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic 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
• Syllabification: 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

Latin

Etymology

For cubī with iambic shortening, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷudʰei or *kʷobʰí (when compared with Hittite ku-wa-pi), from pronominal root *kʷos, *kʷis + *-dʰi (“locative suffix”). Compare Ancient Greek πόθι (póthi). See also the same meanings in quō.

The loss of c may be explained as a metanalysis of the negative nēcubi, where the c was interpreted as being from nec (truly here the negation was just the nē). This is also clear in the compound alicubi and sī-cubi. Contamination with ibi (“there”) is also possible.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.bi/, [ˈʊbɪ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.bi/, [ˈuːbi]
• (Archaic, Poetic) IPA^(key): /ˈu.biː/, [ˈʊbiː]
• (Archaic, Poetic) IPA^(key): /ˈu.bi/, [ˈuːbi]

• Audio (Ecclesiastical)

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Adverb

ubi or ubī (not comparable)

1. (interrogative) where? in what place?, in which place?

   Ubi?

   Where?

   Ubi patera nunc est? — In cistulā.

   Where is the bowl now? — In the small chest.

   Ubi inveniam Pamphilium? Ubi quaeram?

   Where can I find Pamphilus? Where should I look?

   Ubi sum?

   Where am I?

   Nesciō ubi sim.

   I don't know where I am.

   Īcare, ubi es?

   Icarus, where are you?

2. (relative) "When" or "where".

   Ubi tyrannus est, ibi plane est nulla res publica.

   Where there is a tyrant, there is clearly no republic.

   Ubi carceri appropinquavit, portam apertam vidit. (Cambridge Latin course 3)

   When he approached the jail, he saw the door open.

3. (of time) as, as soon as, whenever, when
4. (informal) in which, by which, with which; by whom, with whom

Usage notes

The adverbs ubī̆ (“where”), ubinam (“where in the world?”), ubī̆cumque (“wherever”) and ubiubi are sometimes used with the genitive of terra (“land”) (plural: terrārum), locus (“place”) (singular: locī, plural: locōrum), gens (“nation”) (plural: gentium), to denote the same meaning as "where on earth". "in what country" or "where in the world":

Ubi terrarum esses, ne suspicabar quidem!

Where on earth could you be, I didn't even mistrust you!

Ubi terrarum est?

Where on earth is he?

Quid ageres, ubi terrarum esses.

What will you do, where in the world should you be?

Ubi terrarum sumus?

Where in the world are we?

Ubi illum quaeram gentium?

Where in the world should I search for him?

Ubi loci fortunae tuae sint, facile intellegis.

You realize with ease where on earth your fortunes may be.

Ubi terrarum aut maris fuisti?

Where on earth or sea have you been?

Non edepol nunc, ubi terrarum sim, scio, si quis roget.

Heavens, I know not now, where in the world I may be, if anyone asks.

Derived terms

• alicubi
• nēcubi
• nuncubi
• sīcubi
• sum ubī̆
• ubi ubī̆/ubiubī̆
• ubī̆cumque
• ubinam
• ubīque
• utrubī̆

 

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial) demonstrative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	quis, quī	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllus	is, iste, istic	hic	ille, illic	quī	quisquis, quīcumque	ipse, īdem	alter, alius
dual	uter	alteruter, uterque				uter	utercumque
number	quot	aliquot	tot			quot	quotquot, quotcumque	totidem
order	quotus		totus			quotus	quotuscumque
quantity	quam	aliquam	tam			quam	†quamquam	†tamen, †tandem
size	quantus	aliquantus	tantus			quantus	quantuscumque	tantusdem
quality	quālis	aliquālis	tālis			quālis	quālis, quāliscumque
manner	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	ita, sic, eō/istō modō	hōc modō	illō modō	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	item, itidem	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method, path, place	quā	aliquā, quāque	eā, istāc	hāc	illāc	quā	quāquā, quācumque	eādem	aliā
place	ubi	alicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiam	ibi, istic	hīc	illīc	ubi	ubiubi, ubicumque	ibidem	alibī, aliās
source	unde	alicunde, undeunde	inde, istinc	hinc	illinc	unde	undecumque	indidem	aliunde
destination	quō, quōrsum	aliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	eō, istūc, °istōrsum	hūc, °hōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	quō	quōquō, quōcumque	eōdem	aliō, aliorsum
time	quandō	quondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquam	tum, tunc	num, nunc	ōlim	cum, quandō	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	simul	aliās
exact time	quota hōra		ea/ista hōra	hac hōra	illa hōra	quota hōra	quotacumque hōra	eadem hōra	altera/alia hōra
repetition	quotiēns	aliquotiēns	totiēns			quotiēns	quotiēnscumque
multiplication	quotuplex		totuplex			quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare

Descendants

• Eastern Romance
  • Aromanian: iu
  • Romanian: iuo (archaic)
• Franco-Provençal: yô
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Dalmatian: jo
  • Italian: ove (literary)
• Old French: u
  • Middle French: ou
    • French: où
• West Iberian
  • Asturian: u, au
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: u
    • Galician: u
    • Portuguese: u (obsolete)
  • Old Spanish: o
• Sardinian
  • Logudorese: ue
  • Nuorese: ube, uve

From dē ubi:

• Italian: dove
• Piedmontese: doa
• Venetian: dóe
• ⇒ Dalmatian: andua, anduve
• ⇒ Neapolitan: addò
• Old Spanish: do
  • Spanish: do
• ⇒ Venetian: indove

See also

• ibī̆

References

• “ubi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ubi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ubi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • when it was day: ubi illuxit, luxit, diluxit
    
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
• Ritschl, Friedrich (1870), “cubi = ubi und Verwandtes.”, in Rheinisches Museum für Philologie (in German), volume 25, pages 306–312 = Ritschl, Friedrich (1870), “cubi = ubi und Verwandtes bei Plautus.”, in Friedrich Ritschl’s Kleine Philologische Schriften (in German), volume III, published 1877, pages 135–143

Malay

Etymology

From Old Malay hubi, as attested in the Tanjung Tanah manuscript dated 14th century, from Proto-Malayic *hubi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hubi, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hubi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi (“yam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ubi/
• Rhymes: -ubi, -bi, -i

Noun

ubi (Jawi spelling اوبي‎, plural ubi-ubi or ubi-ubian, informal 1st possessive ubiku, 2nd possessive ubimu, 3rd possessive ubinya)

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

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berubi [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• ubi-ubian [reduplication + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (redup + -an)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• ubi kayu (“tapioca; cassava”)
• ubi kentang (“potato”)
• ubi keledek (“sweet potato”)

Related terms

• umbi

Descendants

• Indonesian: ubi

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “اوبي oebi”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 29
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “اوبي ubi”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 52
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “ubi”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 623-4

Further reading

• “ubi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Yakan

Noun

ubi

1. purple yam
2. yam