Etymology

Clipping of ambidextrousCategory:English clippings#AMBI.

Adjective

ambi (comparative more ambi, superlative most ambi)Category:English lemmas#AMBICategory:English adjectives#AMBICategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AMBICategory:Pages with entries#AMBICategory:Pages with 8 entries#AMBI

1. (informalCategory:English informal terms#AMBI) Ambidextrous.
   • 1997 October 20, David A. Hardin, “whyisit...?”, in alt.lefthanders‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 November 2025:

     I later began relearning everthing the real "right way," which is to say the left-handed way. I became truly "ambi" in most things I do.

     Category:English terms with quotations#AMBI

   • 2000 January 30, Bloody Viking, “Question to Add to the .FAQ File.”, in alt.lefthanders‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 November 2025:

     Of course, there's the prejudice toward lefties. (i.e. "sinister") Those who are ambi or semi-ambi are just thought of as strange. In my case, it rather nicely fits my personality to be semi-ambi, as I also have other odd talents and display inginuity and intrepidness.

     Category:English terms with quotations#AMBI

   • 2000 October 12, Poettttt, “Left or right? OT handedness....”, in alt.support.eating-disord‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 November 2025:

     And the rest of many of you, are ambi! I always thought *that* was way too cool.

     Category:English terms with quotations#AMBI

Noun

ambi (plural ambis)Category:English lemmas#AMBICategory:English nouns#AMBICategory:English countable nouns#AMBICategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AMBICategory:Pages with entries#AMBICategory:Pages with 8 entries#AMBI

1. (informalCategory:English informal terms#AMBI) An ambidextrous person.

   Synonym: (informal) amby

   • 2000 February 1, Bloody Viking, “Dangerous Tools.”, in alt.lefthanders‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 November 2025:

     This with the sickle illustrates the frustration of lefties, but also ambis when their right hand gets tired and want to switch over.

     Category:English terms with quotations#AMBI

   • 2000 October 12, Jessica MacMullin, “Left or right? OT handedness....”, in alt.support.eating-disord‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 November 2025:

     I am a righty, but have noticed I am becoming more of an ambi each day.

     Category:English terms with quotations#AMBI

   • 2009 January 29, Earl Evleth, “Ancient Lefties: The History of Obama's Handedness”, in alt.activism.death-penalty‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 November 2025:

     (Let's count James A. Garfield as a lefty, although some say he was ambidextrous and others say he was a lefty; many ambis are lefties who learn to do some tasks with their right hands.)

     Category:English terms with quotations#AMBI

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: am‧bi

Verb

ambiCategory:Cebuano lemmas#AMBICategory:Cebuano verbs#AMBICategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#AMBICategory:Pages with entries#AMBICategory:Pages with 8 entries#AMBI

1. (often followed by na) give it to me

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-TibetanCategory:Garo terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#AMBICategory:Garo terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#AMBI *pij (“grandmother”). The initial a is a particle that commonly precedes kinship terms in Sino-Tibetan.

Noun

ambiCategory:Garo lemmas#AMBICategory:Garo nouns#AMBICategory:Garo entries with incorrect language header#AMBICategory:Pages with entries#AMBICategory:Pages with 8 entries#AMBI

1. grandmother

Etymology

Compare to Malay ambil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ambiʔ/Category:Iban terms with IPA pronunciation#AMBI
• Rhymes: -ambiʔCategory:Rhymes:Iban/ambiʔ#AMBICategory:Rhymes:Iban/ambiʔ/2 syllables#AMBI
• Hyphenation: am‧bi

Verb

ambiCategory:Iban lemmas#AMBICategory:Iban verbs#AMBICategory:Iban entries with incorrect language header#AMBICategory:Pages with entries#AMBICategory:Pages with 8 entries#AMBI

1. to take

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈam.bi/Category:Italian 2-syllable words#AMBICategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#AMBI
• Rhymes: -ambiCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ambi#AMBICategory:Rhymes:Italian/ambi/2 syllables#AMBI
• Hyphenation: àm‧bi

Noun

ambi mCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#AMBICategory:Italian noun forms#AMBICategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#AMBICategory:Pages with entries#AMBICategory:Pages with 8 entries#AMBI

1. plural of ambo

Verb

ambiCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#AMBICategory:Italian verb forms#AMBICategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#AMBICategory:Pages with entries#AMBICategory:Pages with 8 entries#AMBI

1. inflection of ambiare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Verb

ambīCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#AMBICategory:Latin verb forms#AMBICategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#AMBICategory:Pages with entries#AMBICategory:Pages with 8 entries#AMBI

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ambiō

References

• “ambi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "ambi", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Noun

ambiCategory:Pa'a lemmas#AMBICategory:Pa'a nouns#AMBICategory:Pa'a terms in nonstandard scripts#AMBICategory:Pa'a entries with incorrect language header#AMBICategory:Pages with entries#AMBICategory:Pages with 8 entries#AMBI

1. water

References

• Václav Blažek, A Lexicostatistical comparison of Omotic languages, in In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, page 122

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔamˈbiʔ/ [ʔɐmˈbɪʔ]Category:Tagalog 2-syllable words#AMBICategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#AMBI
• Rhymes: -iʔCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/iʔ#AMBICategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/iʔ/2 syllables#AMBI
• Syllabification: am‧biCategory:Tagalog terms with maragsa pronunciation#AMBI

Noun

ambî (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜒ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#AMBICategory:Tagalog nouns#AMBICategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#AMBICategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#AMBICategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#AMBICategory:Pages with entries#AMBICategory:Pages with 8 entries#AMBI (architectureCategory:tl:Architectural elements#AMBI)

1. eaves

   Synonyms: aluluran, balisbis, balisbisan, alero

2. awning

   Synonyms: sibi, pasibi, medya-agwa

Anagrams

• bami