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Albanian
Etymology
According to Orel, from luvgat, from Vulgar Latin *lupus peccatus, with difficult semantics. Most probably from Proto-Albanian *laubitja, related to Sanskrit लुभ्यति (lúbhyati, “to wish”), Proto-Slavic *ľubiti (“to love”), thus unrelated to lugat.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
lubi f (plural lubi, definite lubia, definite plural lubitë)
- (mythology) a mythological figure of Albanian folklore imagined as a spiteful multiheaded serpentine dragon woman (also imagined as a serpent or demon), not dissimilar to a Lernean Hydra in Ancient Greek folklore. The number of heads varies from 7 to 100, and when one is cut off another grows in its place.
- Synonym: kuçedër
- ogress
- (figurative, derogatory) hungry, ravenous, gluttonous person
- (regional, dialectal) storm, storm deity
Declension
References
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language], 1980
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “lubí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 251
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lubi”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 232
- Elsie, Robert (2001) A Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology and Folk Culture, London: Hurst & Company, →ISBN
- Lurker, Manfred (2005) The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons, Routledge, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN
Cebuano
Etymology
First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.
Pronunciation
Noun
lubi
- the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera)
- the fruit of a coconut palm; a coconut
- coconut meat
Verb
lubi
- to add coconut meat to a dish
Derived terms
Anagrams
Hiligaynon
Noun
lubi
- coconut
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlu.bi/
- Rhymes: -ubi
- Syllabification: lu‧bi
Verb
lubi
- third-person singular present of lubić
Adjective
lubi
- virile nominative/vocative plural of luby
Waray-Waray
Noun
lubi
- coconut