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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
ube (uncountable)
- The purple yam, Dioscorea alata.
- Ube is a popular ingredient in cakes and ice-cream in the Philippines and Jamaica.
Hypernyms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Estonian[edit]
Noun[edit]
ube
Ido[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
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[edit]
See also[edit]
- qua (“who (person)”)
- ube (“where”)
- kande (“when”)
- quala (“what kind of”)
- quale (“how”)
- quanta (“how much”)
- quanto (“quantity”)
Sardinian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
ube
Adverb[edit]
ube
- (interrogative) where, whereabouts
Related terms[edit]
Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi. Compare Hawaiian uhi (“yam”), Malagasy ovy (“potato”), Malay ubi (“yam”), and Maori uwhi (“yam”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ube (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒ)
- purple yam (Dioscorea alata)
- purple (color/colour)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
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[edit]
ube (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒ)
Further reading[edit]
- “ube” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], 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[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ube
References[edit]
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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