ibi

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See also: IBI, Ibi, ībi, and ɩbɩ

Alabama

Etymology

Cognate with Choctaw abi (“to kill”), Chickasaw abi (“to kill”)

Verb

ibi

  1. to kill

Balinese

Romanization

ibi

  1. Romanization of ᬳᬶᬩᬶ

Basque

Etymology

10th century; from Proto-Basque *ib- (compare ibar (“valley”)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ibi

  1. ford

Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian vi, Spanish ahí, Portuguese aí, and French y, ultimately from Latin ibi.

Adverb

ibi

  1. there

Synonyms

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *iðei or Proto-Italic *ifei with iambic shortening, from the pronominal stem Proto-Indo-European *éy, whence also is. In the first case cognate to Sanskrit इह (iha, “here”), (from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hidʰá (“here”)), Avestan 𐬌𐬛𐬁 (idā, “here, in the same way”), Proto-Slavic *jьde, in the latter recalls the ins.pl. suffix *-bʰi. The same suffix is present in ubi ~ ubī.

Pronunciation

Adverb

ibi or ibī (not comparable)

  1. in that place, there
    Synonym: illīc
    Ubī est id? — Ibī est id.
    Where is it? — There it is.
  2. (of time) then, thereupon
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Latin correlatives (edit)
type demonstrative anaphoric identity interrogative/
relative		 indefinite negative other
proximal medial distal relative indefinite universal free choice negative polarity
basic hic iste, istic ille, illic is ipse, īdem quis/quī quisquis, quīcumque quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam quisque quīvis, quīlibet quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam nēmō, nihil, nūllus alius
dual uter utercumque alteruter uterque utervīs, uterlibet neuter alter
place hīc istīc illīc ibī̆ ibī̆dem ubī̆ ubiubi, ubī̆cumque alicubī, uspiam ubīque ubivīs, ubilibet usquam nusquam, nūllibī alibī, aliās
source hinc istinc illinc inde indidem unde undecumque, undeunde alicunde undique °undelibet 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 quāque quāvīs, quālibet 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 utique quōmodolibet ūllō modō nūllō modō aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time num, nunc ōlim tum, tunc simul quandō, ‡cum cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque quondam, aliquandō quandōque quandōlibet 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
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: ivi, vi ⇒ quivi
  • Sardinian:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Piedmontese: i
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: iv (Oaths of Strasbourg)
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: hi
    • Occitan: i
    • Aragonese: i, bi, ibi
      • Ribagorçan: ie (enclitic)
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • ⇒ Asturian: ehí
    • Navarro-Aragonese: ive, ye
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: i, y
      • ⇒ Galician: aí
      • ⇒ Portuguese: aí
    • Old Spanish: y
  • Borrowings:

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

ībī

  1. dative/ablative singular of ībis

References

  • “ibi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ibi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ibi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ibī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 295
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “ibi”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 312

Phuthi

Noun

íbí class 9 (plural tíbí class 10)

  1. sin

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Sardinian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ibi. Found in various Nuorese-speaking towns, along with the variant ibe.

Adverb

ibi

  1. there

References

  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “íƀi”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Timucua

Noun

ibi

  1. water

References

  • Julian Granberry, A Grammar and Dictionary of the Timucua Language (1993, →ISBN

Tiruray

Noun

ibi

  1. iguana

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

ìbì

  1. pushing, rolling, swaying of something
    Ìbì omi òkun ― The rolling of the waves of the ocean
Derived terms

Etymology 2

ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bi (“to question, enquire”)

Pronunciation

Noun

ìbi

  1. questioning, question, enquiring
    Synonym: ìbéèrè
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

ìbi or ìbí

  1. ancestry
Derived terms

Etymology 4

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bí (“to give birth to”)

Pronunciation

Noun

ìbí

  1. birth
  2. ancestry
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Noun

ibí

  1. this place or location, here
    Ibí l'a gbé sin baba ― Here is where we buried the father

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

Noun

ibi

  1. place, locus, location
    Synonyms: ibẹ̀, ibè
    Ibi òmíràn-án jẹ́ ilẹ̀ rere; ibi òmíràn-án jẹ́ ilẹ̀ aṣálẹ̀ ― Some places have good soil, other places are barren land
  2. position, point, degree
  3. somewhere
  4. reason, on account of, perspective of
    Ibi ajá ni a ti ń mọ òkúrorò àpọ́n ― It is from the perspective of the dog that we know of the mean bachelor (proverb on perspective)
Derived terms

Etymology 7

Pronunciation

Noun

ibi

  1. placenta
    Synonym: ibi-ọmọ
    Ijọ́ a bá ríbi ni ibi í wọlẹ̀ ― The day we see the placenta is the day we bury it in the ground

Etymology 8

Pronunciation

Noun

ibi

  1. evil, wickedness
    Synonyms: búburú, ìwà burúkú, bìlísì
    Wọ́n fi ibi san án fún olóore ― They repaid their benefactor with evil
  2. misfortune, tragedy
    Ibi bá wọ́n ― They encountered great misfortune
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