xabi

Isnag

Etymology

From gabi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabiqi.

Noun

xabi

1. night, evening

Manchu

Romanization

xabi

1. Alternative spelling of šabi

See also

• wiktionary:Manchu transliteration

Old Tupi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese chave, from Old Galician-Portuguese chave, from Latin clāvis, from Proto-Italic *klāwis, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈβi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: xa‧bi

Noun

xabi (possessable) (Língua Geral Amazônica, Língua Geral Paulista)

1. key (device designed to open and close a lock)

Derived terms

• moxabi
• xabi monhangara
• xabimirĩ

Descendants

• Nheengatu: xawí

References

• João de Arronches (1739) “Chave”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI, São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 41: “chavî”
• Frei Onofre (1751) “Chave”, in José Mariano da Conceição Velloso, editor, Dicionario portuguez, e brasiliano (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Lisbon: Officina Patriarcal, published 1795, page 24, column 1: “Xabî”
• Anton Meisterburg (a. 1756) “Chave”, in [Dicionário de Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Old Tupi), Baixo Xingu, Pará, page 9, column 16, line 1; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica, Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 129: “xaví”
• anonymous author (c. 1757) “FECHAR Á CHAVE”, in [Vocabulario Portuguez–Brasilico] (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Ernesto Ferreira França, compiler, Chrestomathia da lingua brazilica, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1859, page 184: “mochavi”
• José Joaquim Machado de Oliveira (c. 1850) “corruptela de chave”, in Vocabulario elementar da Lingua Geral Brasilica (overall work in Portuguese); republished as José de Alcântara Machado, editor, Revista do Arquivo Municipal, volume 25, number 3, São Paulo, 1936 July, page 139: “CHABI”