ube

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Tagalog ube. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈuːbeɪ/ (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˈʔube/ === Noun === ube (uncountable) The purple yam, Dioscorea alata. ==== Hypernyms ==== === 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”) == Japanese == === Romanization === ube Rōmaji transcription of うべ == 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 ==== == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === obi — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling ubi === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi. Compare Hawaiian uhi (“yam”), Malagasy ovy (“potato”), Malay ubi (“yam”), and Māori uwhi (“yam”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔube/ [ˈʔuː.bɛ] Rhymes: -ube Syllabification: u‧be === Noun === ube (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒ) purple yam (Dioscorea alata) purple (color/colour) Synonyms: morado, purpura, haban, haban-ube ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: ube ==== See also ==== ubag === Adjective === ube (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒ) purple (color/colour) Synonyms: morado, purpura, haban, haban-ube === Further reading === “ube”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “ube”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qubi”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI == 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