gabi

See also: Gabi and gab-i

English

Etymology

From Tagalog gabi, from Proto-Philippine *gabi.

Noun

gabi

1. Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
2. Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
3. Food from a taro plant.

Anagrams

• Baig, Biga, bagi, biga

Barngarla

Etymology

Cognate with Kaurna kauwi, Pitjantjatjara kapi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡabi/

Noun

gabi

1. water

   Synonym: gawoo

References

• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2019). Barngarlidhi Manoo (Speaking Barngarla Together) (Barngarla Alphabet & Picture Book). p.63.
  Part 1 Part 2
• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App.
  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.regenr8.dictionary.barngarla
  https://apps.apple.com/au/app/barngarla/id1424856161

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *gabi.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ga‧bi
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡabi/ [ˈɡa.bɪ]

Noun

gábi (Badlit spelling ᜄᜊᜒ)

1. taro (Colocasia esculenta)
2. any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
3. the corms of this plant
4. the leaves of this plant used as vegetable

Derived terms

• gabigabi

Anagrams

• biga

Gamilaraay

gabi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡabi/

Etymology 1

Noun

gabi

1. A male marriage class or skin group. A gabi can marry only a yibathaa; his sons will be gambu, and his daughters buuthaa.

Etymology 2

From English coffee.

Noun

gabi

1. coffee

References

• Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)
• Dhiirrala Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Language Program St Joseph School Po Box 125 Walgett NSW 2368 Australia
• (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary
• (2015) Ma Gamilaraay

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *gabi.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ga‧bi
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡabi/ [ˈɡa.bi]

Noun

gábi

1. taro

Japanese

Romanization

gabi

1. Rōmaji transcription of がび

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabiqi (“late afternoon, evening, evening meal, yesterday”), from Proto-Austronesian *ʀabiqi (“late afternoon, evening, evening meal”).

Noun

gabi

1. night

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *gabi.

Noun

gabi

1. taro

Tagakaulu Kalagan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabiqi (“late afternoon, evening, evening meal, yesterday”), from Proto-Austronesian *ʀabiqi (“late afternoon, evening, evening meal”).

Noun

gabi

1. night

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabiqi (“late afternoon, evening, evening meal, yesterday”), from Proto-Austronesian *ʀabiqi (“late afternoon, evening, evening meal”). Cognate with Ilocano rabii, Hanunoo yabi, Cebuano gabii, Tausug kabii, Amis lafi (“dinner, evening meal”), and Bima awi, awina (“yesterday”). See also Sarawak Malay gabi (“dinner”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈbi/ [ɡɐˈbi], (colloquial) /ɡaˈbe/ [ɡɐˈbɛ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ga‧bi

Noun

gabí (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊᜒ)

1. evening; night

   Antonym: araw

Alternative forms

• gab-e — now dialectal, Rizal, Southern Tagalog, colloquial
• gab-i — now dialectal, Rizal, Southern Tagalog
• gabe — colloquial
• gaby, gab-y — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Derived terms

• araw-gabi
• bakaw-gabi
• gabi't araw
• gabi-gabi
• gabihin
• gumabi
• hatinggabi
• kagabi
• kinagabihan
• magabihan
• magandang gabi
• magpagabi
• magpakagabi
• panggabi
• panghatinggabi
• sagabi
• Simbang Gabi

See also

• n.g.

Etymology 2

See gabe.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡabi/ [ˈɡaː.bɪ]
• Rhymes: -abi
• Syllabification: ga‧bi

Noun

gabi (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊᜒ) (common)

1. Alternative form of gabe

Further reading

• “gabi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Rabiqi”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• ibag, igba, giba, biga

Yogad

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabiqi (“late afternoon, evening, evening meal, yesterday”), from Proto-Austronesian *ʀabiqi (“late afternoon, evening, evening meal”).

Noun

gabí

1. night