uvi

See also: uvĭ and uvi'

Esmeralda

Noun

uvi

1. alternative form of uvve

References

• Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño, El Ecuador Interandino y Occidental, antes de la Conquista ... (1941): uvve; uvi; "en este idioma uivi, uvvi, uvoi, uvve es agua y río"; "uvvi en Esmeraldeño"
• América (1934), volume 9, page 336: "en la lengua Esmeralda agua es uvi o uivi"

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *quvi, from Proto-Oceanic *qupi (compare Hawaiian uhi, Māori uhi, Samoan ufi), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi (compare Javanese uwi, Tagalog ube).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuβi/

Noun

uvi

1. yam (any Dioscorea vine)

Descendants

• → Fiji Hindi: uubii

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “uvi”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 286

Venetan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuvi/

Noun

uvi

1. plural of òvo

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Etymology

From ubi.

Noun

uvi

1. yam