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English
Noun
rubi
- Alternative form of ruby (“pronunciation guide for Chinese or Japanese characters”)
2010, Alisa Freedman, Tokyo in Transit: Japanese Culture on the Rails and Road, page 170:"Shinjuku Sketch" demonstrates another of Ryutanji's trademark techniques, which was established in The Age of Wandering: writing English loan words as kanji Chinese character compounds cribbed with rubi to convey a visual sense of international modernism and global culture.
2012, Nana Sato-Rossberg, Judy Wakabayashi, Translation and Translation Studies in the Japanese Context, page 158:Bespoke combinations of kanji can also be created, because the intended phonetic and semantic readings can be supplied by the rubi glosses.
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish rubí.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ru‧bi
- IPA(key): /ɾuˈbi/
Noun
rubí
- ruby
Galician
Verb
rubi
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of rubir:
- first-person singular preterite indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈru.bi/
- Rhymes: -ubi
- Hyphenation: rù‧bi
Verb
rubi
- inflection of rubare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
rubi
- Rōmaji transcription of ルビ
Karelian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *rupi.
Noun
rubi (genitive ruven, partitive rubie)
- scab
- (pathology) pox
- vaccination
References
- Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “rupi”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
Latin
Noun
rubī
- inflection of rubus:
- nominative/vocative plural
- genitive singular
Livvi
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *rupi.
Noun
rubi (genitive ruven, partitive rubii)
- scab
- (pathology) pox
- vaccination
References
- Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “rupi”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
Old Irish
Verb
·rubi
- Alternative form of ·rubai
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rubi, from Catalan robí (“ruby”), from Medieval Latin rubīnus, from Latin rubeus (“red”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: ru‧bi
Noun
rubi m (plural rubis)
- ruby (a deep red corundum gemstone)
- ruby (a deep red colour)
Adjective
rubi (invariable)
- ruby (deep red in colour)
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish rubí (“ruby”), from Catalan robí, from Old French rubin, from Medieval Latin rubīnus.
Pronunciation
Noun
rubí (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜊᜒ)
- ruby (precious stone)
- ruby (color/colour)
Adjective
rubí (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜊᜒ)
- ruby (color/colour)
Further reading
- “rubi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *rupi, borrowed from Germanic. Cognates include Finnish rupi.
Noun
rubi
- scab
- scar
- roughness
Inflection
References
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “короста, шероховатость, шрам”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika