ube

English

Etymology

Borrowed from TagalogCategory:English terms borrowed from Tagalog#UBECategory:English terms derived from Tagalog#UBE ube.

Pronunciation

Noun

ube (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#UBECategory:English nouns#UBECategory:English uncountable nouns#UBECategory:English uncountable nouns#UBECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#UBECategory:Pages with entries#UBECategory:Pages with 8 entries#UBECategory:Pages with language headings in the wrong order#UBE

  1. The purple yam, Dioscorea alata.
    Ube is a popular ingredient in cakes and ice-cream in the Philippines and Jamaica.Category:English terms with usage examples#UBE

Hypernyms

Anagrams

Category:en:Vegetables#UBECategory:en:Dioscoreales order plants#UBE

Estonian

Noun

ubeCategory:Estonian non-lemma forms#UBECategory:Estonian noun forms#UBECategory:Estonian entries with incorrect language header#UBECategory:Pages with entries#UBECategory:Pages with 8 entries#UBECategory:Pages with language headings in the wrong order#UBE

  1. partitive plural of uba

Central Bikol

Noun

ube (Basahan spelling ᜂᜊᜒ)Category:Central Bikol lemmas#UBECategory:Central Bikol nouns#UBECategory:Central Bikol terms with missing Basahan script entries#UBECategory:Central Bikol terms with Basahan script#UBECategory:Central Bikol terms without pronunciation template#UBECategory:Central Bikol entries with incorrect language header#UBECategory:Pages with entries#UBECategory:Pages with 8 entries#UBECategory:Pages with language headings in the wrong order#UBE

  1. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Ido terms borrowed from Latin#UBECategory:Ido terms derived from Latin#UBE ubi.

Pronunciation

Adverb

ubeCategory:Ido lemmas#UBECategory:Ido adverbs#UBECategory:Ido entries with incorrect language header#UBECategory:Pages with entries#UBECategory:Pages with 8 entries#UBECategory:Pages with language headings in the wrong order#UBE

  1. (interrogative adverb) where
    Ube me esas? ― Where am I?Category:Ido terms with usage examples#UBE (direct question)
    Me ne savas ube me esas. ― I don't know where I am.Category:Ido terms with usage examples#UBE (indirect question)

Derived terms

See also

Category:Ido correlatives#UBECategory:Ido interrogative adverbs#UBE

Japanese

Romanization

ubeCategory:Japanese non-lemma forms#UBECategory:Japanese romanizations#UBECategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes#UBECategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#UBECategory:Pages with entries#UBECategory:Pages with 8 entries#UBECategory:Pages with language headings in the wrong order#UBE

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うべ

Sardinian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Sardinian terms inherited from Latin#UBECategory:Sardinian terms derived from Latin#UBE ubi.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ubeCategory:Sardinian lemmas#UBECategory:Sardinian conjunctions#UBECategory:Sardinian entries with incorrect language header#UBECategory:Pages with entries#UBECategory:Pages with 8 entries#UBECategory:Pages with language headings in the wrong order#UBE

  1. where
    Synonym: unde

Adverb

ubeCategory:Sardinian lemmas#UBECategory:Sardinian adverbs#UBECategory:Sardinian entries with incorrect language header#UBECategory:Pages with entries#UBECategory:Pages with 8 entries#UBECategory:Pages with language headings in the wrong order#UBE

  1. (interrogative) where, whereabouts
Category:Sardinian terms with /e/ for Latin /i/#UBE

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#UBECategory:Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#UBE *qubi. Compare Hawaiian uhi (“yam”), Malagasy ovy (“potato”), Malay ubi (“yam”), and Māori uwhi (“yam”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ube (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#UBECategory:Tagalog nouns#UBECategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#UBECategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#UBECategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#UBECategory:Pages with entries#UBECategory:Pages with 8 entries#UBECategory:Pages with language headings in the wrong order#UBE

  1. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)
  2. purple (color/colour)
    Synonyms: morado, purpura, haban, haban-ube
    ube:  

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: ube

See also

Colors in Tagalog · kulay (layout · text)
     puti      abo, gris      itim
             pula; krimson              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)Category:Tagalog lemmas#UBECategory:Tagalog adjectives#UBECategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#UBECategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#UBECategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#UBECategory:Pages with entries#UBECategory:Pages with 8 entries#UBECategory:Pages with language headings in the wrong order#UBE

  1. purple (color/colour)
    Synonyms: morado, purpura, haban, haban-ube
    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
Category:tl:Dioscoreales order plants#UBECategory:tl:Root vegetables#UBECategory:tl:Purples#UBE

Ternate

Pronunciation

Noun

ubeCategory:Ternate lemmas#UBECategory:Ternate nouns#UBECategory:Ternate entries with incorrect language header#UBECategory:Pages with entries#UBECategory:Pages with 8 entries#UBECategory:Pages with language headings in the wrong order#UBE

  1. the slender spratCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#slender%20sprat (Spratelloides gracilisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Spratelloides%20gracilis)
  2. the Indian anchovyCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Indian%20anchovy (Stolephorus indicusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Stolephorus%20indicus)

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Category:tft:Otocephalan fish#UBE
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