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 (or ubiim)
2nd person sing.	ubid	ubijaid (or ubiid)
3rd person sing.	ubija	ubijai (or ubii)
1st person plural	ubink	ubijaink (or ubiink)
2nd person plural	ubitok	ubijaitok (or ubiitok)
3rd person plural	ubijuk	ubijaik (or ubiik)

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

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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of 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
• Hyphenation: 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-Italic *kʷuðei or *kʷuβei, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷudʰei or *kʷobʰí (when compared with Hittite ku-wa-pi), from pronominal root *kʷu- + *-dʰi (“locative suffix”). Compare Ancient Greek πόθι (póthi). See also the same meanings in quō.

The unexpected 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 Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu.bi/, [ˈʊbɪ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.bi/, [ˈuːbi]
• (Archaic, Poetic) IPA^(key): /ˈu.biː/, [ˈʊbiː]
• (Archaic, Poetic) IPA^(key): /ˈu.bi/, [ˈuːbi]

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) where or in a place where

   Ubi tyrannus est, ibi plane est nulla res publica.

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

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.99–101:

     “[...] saevus ubi Aeacidae tēlō iacet Hector, ubi ingēns
     Sarpēdōn, ubi tot Simois correpta sub undīs
     scūta virum galeāsque et fortia corpora volvit!”

     “[Troy…], where fierce Hector lies, [pierced] by the spear of Achilles, where huge Sarpedon [perished], [and] where the [River] Simois has seized and rolled beneath its waves so many shields, helmets and bodies of brave men!”
     (The repetition of “ubi” exemplifies anaphora. “Aeacidae” is a patronymic: Achilles was the grandson “of Aeacus.” Read virorum for virum, a syncopated genitive plural. See also: Simois or Simoeis; Sarpedon.)

3. (relative) when

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

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

4. (of time) as, as soon as, whenever, when
5. (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
• ubinam
• ubīque
• ubī̆cumque
• utrubī̆

 

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	demonstrative			anaphoric	identity	interrogative/ relative	indefinite					negative	other
	proximal	medial	distal				relative	indefinite	free choice	universal	negative polarity
basic	hic	iste, istic	ille, illic	is	ipse, īdem	quis/quī	quisquis, quīcumque	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam	quīvis, quīlibet	quisque	quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam	nēmō, nihil, nūllus	alius
dual						uter	utercumque	alteruter	utervīs, uterlibet	uterque		neuter	alter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem	ubī̆	ubiubi, ubī̆cumque	alicubī, uspiam	ubivīs, ubilibet	ubīque	usquam	nusquam, nūllibī	alibī, aliās
source	hinc	istinc	illinc	inde	indidem	unde	undecumque, undeunde	alicunde	°undelibet	undique			aliunde
destination	hūc, °hōrsum	istūc, °istōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	eō	eōdem	quō, quōrsum	quōquō, quōcumque	aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	quōvīs, quōlibet		quōquam	nusquam, nūllōrsum	aliō, aliōrsum
method, means, path, place	hāc	istāc	illāc	eā	eādem	quā	quāquā, quācumque	aliquā	quāvīs, quālibet	quāque		nēquāquam, haudquāquam	aliā
manner	hōc modō	istō modō	illō modō	ita, sīc, eō modō	item, itidem	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	quōmodolibet	utīque	ūllō modō	nūllō modō	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time	num, nunc		ōlim	tum, tunc	simul	quandō, ‡cum	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	quondam, aliquandō	quandōlibet	quandōque	umquam	numquam	aliās
quantity				tam	†tamen, †tandem	quam	†quamquam	aliquam	quamvīs, quamlibet
size				tantus	tantusdem	quantus	quantuscumque	aliquantus	quantusvīs, quantuslibet
quality				tālis		quālis	quālis, quāliscumque	aliquālis	quālislibet
number				tot	totidem	quot	quotquot, quotcumque	aliquot	quotlibet
order				totus		quotus	quotuscumque	aliquotus	quotuslibet
repetition				totiēns		quotiēns	quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns	quotiēnslibet
multiplication				totuplex		quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare ‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

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
• Venetan: dóe
• ⇒ Dalmatian: andua, anduve
• ⇒ Neapolitan: addò
• Old Spanish: do
  • Spanish: do
• ⇒ Venetan: 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.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔubi/ [ˈʔuː.bɪ]
• Rhymes: -ubi
• Syllabification: u‧bi

Noun

ubi (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒ)

1. Alternative form of ube

Yakan

Noun

ubi

1. purple yam
2. yam