sabi
See also: sabí, šabi, and саби
Bikol Central
Etymology
Compare Tagalog sabi and Kapampangan sabi.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧bi
- IPA(key): /ˈsabi/
Noun
sabi
- something said; statement
- mention
- Synonym: kuno, Synonym: sambit
Verb
sabi
- to say
- Synonym: taram
Derived terms
- isabi
- kasabihan
- magsabi
- sabihan
- sabihon
See also
- huron
- istoriyahan
- ulay
- usap
Indonesian
Etymology
Backslang for bisa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.bi/
Verb
sabi
- (back slang, text messaging) can, be able
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsa.bi/
- Rhymes: -abi
- Hyphenation: sà‧bi
Noun
sabi m pl
- plural of sabio
Japanese
Romanization
sabi
- Rōmaji transcription of さび
Kapampangan
Etymology
Compare Tagalog sabi and Bikol Central sabi.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧bi
Adjective
sabi
- said
Noun
sabi
- something said; statement
Krio
Etymology
From Portuguese saber.
Verb
sabi
- know
Lindu
Noun
sabi
- witness
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic صَبِيّ (ṣabiyy).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsa.bɪ/
Noun
sabi m (plural subien)
- (archaic) boy; male child
- Synonym: tifel
Usage notes
- The plural subien remains in common use; see there.
Nigerian Pidgin
Etymology
From Portuguese saber.
Verb
sabi
- to know
Papiamentu
Alternative forms
- sa (synonym)
Etymology
From Portuguese saber and Spanish saber and Kabuverdianu sabe.
Verb
sabi
- to know
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From Portuguese saber.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsa.bi/
Verb
sabi
- (transitive) to know
- (auxiliary) to be able to (of learnt skills)
Noun
sabi
- knowledge
Tagalog
Etymology
Compare Bikol Central sabi and Kapampangan sabi. Some speculate that it is from Spanish sabe, the third-person singular present indicative of saber (“to know”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧bi
- IPA(key): /ˈsabi/, [ˈsa.bɪ]
- IPA(key): /ˈsabe/, [ˈsa.be] (colloquial)
Adjective
sabi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊᜒ)
- said by (usually followed by ng or ni)
Derived terms
- ang pagsasabi ng tapat ay pagsasama ng maluwat
- ebas
- ibig sabihin
- ipagsabi
- ipanabi
- ipasabi
- kasabihan
- magpasabi
- magsabi
- makapagsabi
- makisabi
- masabi
- masabihan
- pagsabihan
- pakisabi
- papagsabihin
- pasabi
- pasabihan
- paunang-sabi
- sabihan
- sabihin
- sabihin pa ba
- sabi-sabi
- sabi-sabihan
- sabi-sabihin
- sa madaling sabi
- sinabi
- tagapagsabi
- tagasabi
- walang-sinasabi
Noun
sabi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊᜒ)
- something said; statement
- Synonyms: pahayag, pangungusap, deklarasyon
- act of saying something (to someone)
- Synonyms: pagsasalita, pagpapahayag
- act of telling something (to someone)
- (colloquial) words; expressions
- Synonym: salita
See also
- usap
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsa.bi]
Noun
sabi
- a pair
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Venetian
Noun
sabi
- plural of sabo