ebi

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ebi"

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German ebben and English ebb.

Pronunciation

Verb

ebi (present ebas, past ebis, future ebos, conditional ebus, volitive ebu)

  1. (intransitive, literary) to ebb

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ebi.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ebi
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense ebas ebis ebos
active participle ebanta ebantaj ebinta ebintaj ebonta ebontaj
acc. ebantan ebantajn ebintan ebintajn ebontan ebontajn
nominal active participle ebanto ebantoj ebinto ebintoj ebonto ebontoj
acc. ebanton ebantojn ebinton ebintojn ebonton ebontojn
adverbial active participle ebante ebinte ebonte
infinitive ebi imperative ebu conditional ebus

Derived terms

Hungarian

Etymology

eb (“dog”) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

Adjective

ebi (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, rare) of or pertaining to dogs

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative ebi ebiek
accusative ebit ebieket
dative ebinek ebieknek
instrumental ebivel ebiekkel
causal-final ebiért ebiekért
translative ebivé ebiekké
terminative ebiig ebiekig
essive-formal ebiként ebiekként
essive-modal — —
inessive ebiben ebiekben
superessive ebin ebieken
adessive ebinél ebieknél
illative ebibe ebiekbe
sublative ebire ebiekre
allative ebihez ebiekhez
elative ebiből ebiekből
delative ebiről ebiekről
ablative ebitől ebiektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		ebié ebieké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		ebiéi ebiekéi

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ebi in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (“A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Hokkien 蝦米／虾米 (hêe-bí, “dried small shrimp”).

Pronunciation

Noun

èbi (first-person possessive ebiku, second-person possessive ebimu, third-person possessive ebinya)

  1. dry shrimp.

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

ebi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of えび
  2. Rōmaji transcription of エビ

Nupe

Etymology 1

Èbi

Pronunciation

Noun

èbi (plural èbizhì)

  1. knife
    Musa lá èbi ba nakàn. ― Musa used a knife to cut the meat.
    Ekpá gbó à, wo gàn-án èbi nú à. ― Bad workmen grumble at their tools. (literally, “Your arm is weak, you say the knife is blunt.”)

Etymology 2

Ebì

Compare Yoruba obì.

Pronunciation

Noun

ebì (plural ebìzhì)

  1. kola nut (Cola acuminata)
Hyponyms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

ebi

  1. faeces
  2. dung; manure

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Noun

ebi

  1. pollen
  2. matter (particle)
  3. puss
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