rubi

See also: rubí and rubī

English

Etymology

From Japanese ルビ (rubi), from English ruby.

Noun

rubi

1. 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

• URBI

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rubí.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ru‧bi
• IPA^(key): /ɾuˈbi/ [ɾ̪ʊˈbi]

Noun

rubí

1. ruby

Galician

Verb

rubi

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of rubir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.bi/
• Rhymes: -ubi
• Hyphenation: rù‧bi

Verb

rubi

1. inflection of rubare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• urbi

Japanese

Romanization

rubi

1. Rōmaji transcription of ルビ

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rupi.

Noun

rubi (genitive ruven, partitive rubie)

1. scab
2. (pathology) pox
3. vaccination

References

• Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “rupi”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

Latin

Noun

rubī

1. inflection of rubus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rupi.

Noun

rubi (genitive ruven, partitive rubii)

1. scab
2. (pathology) pox
3. vaccination

References

• Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “rupi”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[2], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

Old Irish

Verb

·rubi

1. alternative form of ·rubai

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• rubí (1931-prescribed spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rubi, from Catalan robí (“ruby”), from Medieval Latin rubīnus, from Latin rubeus (“red”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈbi/ [huˈbi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈbi/ [huˈbi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈbi/ [χuˈbi]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈbi/ [ʁuˈβi]

• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ru‧bi

Noun

rubi m (plural rubis)

1. ruby (a deep red corundum gemstone)
2. ruby (a deep red colour)

Adjective

rubi (invariable)

1. ruby (deep red in colour)

Related terms

• rúbeo
• ruivo

Further reading

• “rubi”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “rubi”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rubí (“ruby”), from Catalan robí, from Old French rubin, from Medieval Latin rubīnus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɾuˈbi/ [ɾʊˈbɪ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ru‧bi

Noun

rubí (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜊᜒ)

1. ruby (precious stone)
2. ruby (color/colour)

Related terms

• rubya
• rubyo

Adjective

rubí (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜊᜒ)

1. ruby (color/colour)

Further reading

• “rubi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rupi, borrowed from Germanic. Cognates include Finnish rupi.

Noun

rubi

1. scab
2. scar
3. roughness

Inflection

Inflection of rubi (inflection type 3/kivi)
nominative sing.	rubi
genitive sing.	ruben
partitive sing.	rubed
partitive plur.	rubid
	singular	plural
nominative	rubi	rubed
accusative	ruben	rubed
genitive	ruben	rubiden
partitive	rubed	rubid
essive-instructive	ruben	rubin
translative	rubeks	rubikš
inessive	rubes	rubiš
elative	rubespäi	rubišpäi
illative	rubehe	rubihe
adessive	rubel	rubil
ablative	rubelpäi	rubilpäi
allative	rubele	rubile
abessive	rubeta	rubita
comitative	rubenke	rubidenke
prolative	rubedme	rubidme
approximative I	rubenno	rubidenno
approximative II	rubennoks	rubidennoks
egressive	rubennopäi	rubidennopäi
terminative I	rubehesai	rubihesai
terminative II	rubelesai	rubilesai
terminative III	rubessai	—
additive I	rubehepäi	rubihepäi
additive II	rubelepäi	rubilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “короста, шероховатость, шрам”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika