gabi
English
Etymology
Noun
gabi
- Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
- Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
- Food from a taro plant.
Anagrams
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ga‧bi
Noun
gabi
- the taro plant (Colocasia esculenta)
- any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
- the corms of this plant
- the leaves of this plant used as vegetable
Derived terms
Anagrams
Gamilaraay
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
gabi
- A male marriage class or skin group. A gabi can marry only a yibathaa; his sons will be gambu, and his daughters buuthaa.
Etymology 2
Noun
gabi
References
- Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)
- Dhiirrala Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Language Program St Joseph School Po Box 125 Walgett NSW 2368 Australia
- (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary
- (2015) Ma Gamilaraay
Hiligaynon
Noun
gábi
Tagakaulu Kalagan
Noun
gabi
Tagalog
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *Rabiqi (“late afternoon, evening, evening meal, yesterday”), from Proto-Austronesian *Rabiqi (“late afternoon, evening, evening meal”). Cognate with Amis lafi (“dinner, evening meal”), Ilocano rabii, Cebuano gabii, and Bima awi, awina (“yesterday”).
Pronunciation 1
Noun
gabí (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊᜒ)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Philippine *gabi. Cognate with Mayoyao Ifugao gabi, Hanunoo gabi, and Cebuano gabi.
Pronunciation 2
Noun
gabi (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊᜒ)
- taro plant (Colocasia esculenta)
Derived terms
See also
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