ube

See also: UBE, übe, ubę́, and ǂūbe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog ube.

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈʔube/

Noun

ube (uncountable)

1. The purple yam, Dioscorea alata.

   Ube is a popular ingredient in cakes and ice-cream in the Philippines and Jamaica.

Hypernyms

• taro
• yam

Anagrams

• Bue, EBU

Estonian

Noun

ube

1. partitive plural of uba

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ubi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.be/, /ˈu.bɛ/

Adverb

ube

1. (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

1. Rōmaji transcription of うべ

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• ue
• uve

Etymology

From Latin ubi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈube/

Conjunction

ube

1. where

   Synonym: unde

Adverb

ube

1. (interrogative) where, whereabouts

Related terms

• ite/chite
• cale
• proite/abbite
• cando
• cantu
• comente
• chie/chene/chine

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 Maori uwhi (“yam”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔube/ [ˈʔuː.bɛ]
• Rhymes: -ube
• Syllabification: u‧be

Noun

ube (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒ)

1. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)
2. purple (color/colour)

   Synonyms: morado, purpura, haban, haban-ube

   ube:  

Derived terms

• kulay-ube
• malaubi
• ube-ubihan
• ubihan

Descendants

• → English: ube

See also

Colors in Tagalog · kulay (layout · text)

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

ube (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒ)

1. purple (color/colour)

   Synonyms: morado, purpura, haban, haban-ube

   ube:  

Further reading

• “ube”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “ube”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 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

1. the slender sprat (Spratelloides gracilis)
2. 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