ambi

Clipping of ambidextrous.

ambi (comparative more ambi, superlative most ambi)

1. (informal) Ambidextrous.
   • 1997 October 20, David A. Hardin, “whyisit...?”, in alt.lefthanders‎^[1] (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.

   • 2000 January 30, Bloody Viking, “Question to Add to the .FAQ File.”, in alt.lefthanders‎^[2] (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.

   • 2000 October 12, Poettttt, “Left or right? OT handedness....”, in alt.support.eating-disord‎^[3] (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.

ambi (plural ambis)

1. (informal) An ambidextrous person.

   Synonym: (informal) amby

   • 2000 February 1, Bloody Viking, “Dangerous Tools.”, in alt.lefthanders‎^[4] (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.

   • 2000 October 12, Jessica MacMullin, “Left or right? OT handedness....”, in alt.support.eating-disord‎^[5] (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.

   • 2009 January 29, Earl Evleth, “Ancient Lefties: The History of Obama's Handedness”, in alt.activism.death-penalty‎^[6] (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.)

• Hyphenation: am‧bi

ambi

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

Often confused with abi.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pij (“grandmother”). The initial a is a particle that commonly precedes kinship terms in Sino-Tibetan.

ambi

1. grandmother

• ambigipa (formal)
• ambitang (formal)
• abo

Compare to Malay ambil.

• IPA^(key): /ambiʔ/
• Rhymes: -ambiʔ
• Hyphenation: am‧bi

ambi

1. to take

• IPA^(key): /ˈam.bi/
• Rhymes: -ambi
• Hyphenation: àm‧bi

ambi m

1. plural of ambo

ambi

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

ambī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ambiō

• “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)

ambi

1. water

• 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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔamˈbiʔ/ [ʔɐmˈbɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: am‧bi

ambî (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜒ)

1. eaves

   Synonyms: aluluran, balisbis, balisbisan, alero

2. awning

   Synonyms: sibi, pasibi, medya-agwa

• bami