tabi

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See also: tabí and tâbi

English

A pair of light blue tabis

Etymology

From Japanese 足袋 (tabi, foot pouch).

Noun

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tabi (plural tabis or tabi)

  1. Traditional Japanese ankle socks with a separate section for the big toe.

Anagrams

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧bi
  • IPA(key): /ˈtabiʔ/

Adverb

tabì (Basahan spelling ᜆᜊᜒ)

  1. (somewhat polite) please
    Synonym: baya

Particle

tabì (Basahan spelling ᜆᜊᜒ)

  1. (formal, polite) marks respect toward the person the speaker is addressing
    Synonym: po
    Dagos tabi kamo.
    Come on in, Sir/Ma'am.
    Ma, maduman tabi ako sa simbahan.
    Mom, I am going to church.

Derived terms

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧bi

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

tabi

  1. chitchat
  2. talk; empty boasting, promises or claims
  3. a rumor; a statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth
  4. gossip; idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present

Verb

tabi

  1. to talk; to communicate, usually by means of speech
  2. to criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself
  3. to chitchat
  4. to gossip

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Interjection

tabi

  1. excuse me
  2. go away
  3. a customary expression to excuse oneself from spirits or ghosts so as to avoid offending or injuring them, used especially when passing through or entering an unfamiliar, wooded or haunted place

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tabi.

Anagrams

Dupaningan Agta

Pronunciation

Noun

tabí

  1. fat; oil

Derived terms

Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ta‧bi

Noun

tabi

  1. greeting

Japanese

Romanization

tabi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たび

Latin

Noun

tābī

  1. dative singular of tābēs

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Waray-Waray tabi (shore).

Pronunciation

Noun

tabí (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜒ)

  1. area beside a person or thing
    Synonym: piling
  2. act of staying adjacent to another
    Synonyms: pagtabi, pagpiling, pagsiping, pagsigbay
  3. act of staying or passing along the side or border (of a road, river, etc.)
    Synonyms: panggigilid, pananabi
  4. edge; border
    Synonym: gilid
  5. condition of being adjacent or being close together
    Synonyms: pagkamagkatabi, pagkamagkapiling, pagkamagkasiping, pagkamagkasigbay
  6. act of keeping something in a safe place
    Synonyms: tago, pagtatago, ligpit, pagliligpit
  7. act of saving for the future (especially of money)
    Synonyms: impok, pag-iimpok
  8. savings; anything saved for the future
    Synonyms: inimpok, naimpok
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay tabik, ultimately from Sanskrit क्षन्तव्य (kṣantavya). Compare Kapampangan tabi. See also bati and Malay tabek.

Pronunciation

Interjection

tabì or tabí (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜒ)

  1. used to tell or order people to get out of one's way: out of the way!; excuse me!; move aside!; step aside!
    Synonyms: alis, habi, isod
Derived terms

Further reading

  • tabi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “excuse oneself; greeting”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

tabi

  1. (transitive) to bring together

Conjugation

Conjugation of tabi
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totabi fotabi mitabi
2nd notabi nitabi
3rd Masculine otabi itabi, yotabi
Feminine motabi
Neuter itabi
- archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تابع, from Arabic تَابِع (tābiʕ).

Noun

tabi (definite accusative tabii, plural tabiler or tevabi)

  1. follower
  2. dependent; subject; servant

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tabi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تابع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 471
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Volapük

Noun

tabi

  1. accusative singular of tab

Yoruba

Pronunciation

Conjunction

tàbí

  1. Alternative form of àbí (or)