ube
See also: übe and ubę́
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog ube.
Noun
ube (uncountable)
- The purple yam, Dioscorea alata.
- Ube is a popular ingredient in cakes and ice-cream in the Philippines.
Anagrams
- Bue, EBU
Estonian
Noun
ube
- partitive plural of uba
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ubi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈu.be/, /ˈu.bɛ/
Adverb
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
- adube (“to where”)
- irgube (“wherever”)
- nulube
See also
- qua (“who (person)”)
- quo (“what (thing)”)
- qui (“who (plural)”)
- pro quo (“why”)
- ube (“where”)
- kande (“when”)
- quala (“what kind of”)
- quale (“how”)
- quanta (“how much”)
- quanto (“quantity”)
Sardinian
Alternative forms
- ue
- uve
Etymology
From Latin ubi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈube/
Conjunction
ube
- where
- Synonym: unde
Adverb
ube
- (interrogative) where, whereabouts
Related terms
- ite/chite
- cale
- proite/abbite
- cando
- cantu
- comente
- chie/chene/chine
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- ubi
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi (cf. Hawaiian uhi (“yam”), Malagasy ovy (“potato”), Malay ubi (“yam”), Maori uwhi (“yam”)).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: u‧be
- IPA(key): /ˈʔube/, [ˈʔu.be]
Noun
ube (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒ)
- purple yam (Dioscorea alata)
- (color) purple
- Synonyms: morado, purpura, haban, haban-ube
- ube:
Derived terms
- kulay-ube
- ube-ubihan
- ubihan
Adjective
ube (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒ)
- (color) purple
- Synonyms: morado, purpura, haban, haban-ube
- ube:
See also
| puti | abo, gris | itim |
| pula; krimson, pulang-pula | kahel; kayumanggi | dilaw; krema |
| kulay-apog | luntian, berde | |
| turkesa | bughaw-langit, asul | bughaw, asul |
| lila, biyoleta; nila, tayom | mahenta; ube, morado, haban, purpura | rosas, kalimbahin |
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈu.be]
Noun
ube
- the slender sprat (Spratelloides gracilis)
- the Indian anchovy (Stolephorus indicus)
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh