ube

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See also: UBE, übe, ubę́, and ǂūbe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog ube.

Noun

ube (uncountable)

  1. 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

  1. partitive plural of uba

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ubi.

Pronunciation

Adverb

ube

  1. (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

  • qua (who (person))
    • quo (what (thing))
    • qui (who (plural))
    • pro quo (why)
  • ube (where)
  • kande (when)
  • quala (what kind of)
  • quanta (how much)

Sardinian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ubi.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ube

  1. where
    Synonym: unde

Adverb

ube

  1. (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)

  1. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)
  2. (color) purple
    Synonyms: morado, purpura, haban, haban-ube
    ube:  

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Tagalog · kulay (layout · text)
     puti      abo, gris      itim
             pula; krimson, pulang-pula              kahel; kayumanggi              dilaw; krema
             kulay-dayap              lungti, lungtian, berde             
             turkesa              bughaw-langit, asul              bughaw, asul
             lila, biyoleta; nila, tayom              mahenta; ube, morado, haban, purpura              rosas, kalimbahin

Adjective

ube (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒ)

  1. (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

  1. the slender sprat (Spratelloides gracilis)
  2. 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