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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog ube.
Noun
ube (uncountable)
- The purple yam, Dioscorea alata.
- Ube is a popular ingredient in cakes and ice-cream in the Philippines and Jamaica.
Hypernyms
Anagrams
Estonian
Noun
ube
- partitive plural of uba
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ubi.
Pronunciation
Adverb
ube
- (interrogative adverb) where
- Ube me esas? ― Where am I? (direct question)
- Me ne savas ube me esas. ― I don't know where I am. (indirect question)
Derived terms
See also
Sardinian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin ubi.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
ube
- where
- Synonym: unde
Adverb
ube
- (interrogative) where, whereabouts
Related terms
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi. Compare Hawaiian uhi (“yam”), Malagasy ovy (“potato”), Malay ubi (“yam”), and Maori uwhi (“yam”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: u‧be
- IPA(key): /ˈʔube/,
Noun
ube (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒ)
- purple yam (Dioscorea alata)
- (color) purple
- Synonyms: morado, purpura, haban, haban-ube
ube:
Derived terms
See also
Colors in Tagalog · kulay (layout · text)
puti
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abo, gris
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itim
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pula; krimson, pulang-pula
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kahel; kayumanggi
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dilaw; krema
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kulay-dayap
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lungti, lungtian, berde
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turkesa
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bughaw-langit, asul
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bughaw, asul
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lila, biyoleta; nila, tayom
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mahenta; ube, morado, haban, purpura
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rosas, kalimbahin
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Adjective
ube (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒ)
- (color) purple
- Synonyms: morado, purpura, haban, haban-ube
ube:
Further reading
- “ube” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “ube”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*qubi”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Ternate
Pronunciation
Noun
ube
- the slender sprat (Spratelloides gracilis)
- the Indian anchovy (Stolephorus indicus)
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh