gabi

From Tagalog gabi, from Proto-Philippine *gabi.

gabi

1. Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
2. Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
3. Food from a taro plant.

• Baig, Biga, bagi, biga

Cognate with Kaurna kauwi, Pitjantjatjara kapi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡabi/

gabi

1. water

   Synonym: gawoo

• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2019). Barngarlidhi Manoo (Speaking Barngarla Together) (Barngarla Alphabet & Picture Book). p.63.
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From Proto-Philippine *gabi.

• Hyphenation: ga‧bi
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡabi/ [ˈɡa.bɪ]

gábi (Badlit spelling ᜄᜊᜒ)

1. taro (Colocasia esculenta)
2. any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
3. the corms of this plant
4. the leaves of this plant used as vegetable

• gabigabi

• biga

From English coffee.

• IPA^(key): /ɡabi/

gabi

1. coffee

• Peter Austin (1993) A Reference Grammar of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (Thesis)‎^[1], Melbourne, Australia: La Trobe University, Department of Linguistics, →ISBN
• Dhiirrala Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Language Program. St Joseph School. PO Box 125 Walgett NSW 2368 Australia
• Ash, Anna; Giacon, John and Lissarrague, Amanda (2003). Gamilaraay, Yuwaalaraay & Yuwaalayaay Dictionary. IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT
• (2015) Ma Gamilaraay

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *gabi.

• Hyphenation: ga‧bi
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡabi/ [ˈɡa.bi]

gábi

1. taro

gabi

1. Rōmaji transcription of がび

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabiqi (“late afternoon, evening, evening meal, yesterday”), from Proto-Austronesian *ʀabiqi (“late afternoon, evening, evening meal”).

gabi

1. night

From Proto-Philippine *gabi.

gabi

1. taro

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabiqi (“late afternoon, evening, evening meal, yesterday”), from Proto-Austronesian *ʀabiqi (“late afternoon, evening, evening meal”).

gabi

1. night

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabiqi (“late afternoon, evening, evening meal, yesterday”), from Proto-Austronesian *ʀabiqi (“late afternoon, evening, evening meal”). Cognate with Ilocano rabii, Hanunoo yabi, Cebuano gabii, Tausug kabii, Amis lafi (“dinner, evening meal”), and Bima awi, awina (“yesterday”). See also Sarawak Malay gabi (“dinner”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈbi/ [ɡɐˈbɪ], (colloquial) /ɡaˈbe/ [ɡɐˈbɛ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ga‧bi

gabí (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊᜒ)

1. evening; night

   Antonym: araw

• gab-e — now dialectal, Rizal, Southern Tagalog, colloquial
• gab-i — now dialectal, Rizal, Southern Tagalog
• gabe — colloquial
• gaby, gab-y — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

• n.g.

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *gabi. Cognate with Mayoyao Ifugao gabi, Hanunoo gabi, and Cebuano gabi.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡabi/ [ˈɡaː.bɪ], /ˈɡabi/ [ˈɡaː.bɪ]
• Rhymes: -abi
• Syllabification: ga‧bi

gabi (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊᜒ)

1. taro (Colocasia esculenta)

• gabe

• → English: gabi

• “gabi”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “gabi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• “gabe”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Rabiqi”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• ibag, igba, giba, biga

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabiqi (“late afternoon, evening, evening meal, yesterday”), from Proto-Austronesian *ʀabiqi (“late afternoon, evening, evening meal”).

gabí

1. night

• Dhiirrala Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Language Program. St Joseph School. PO Box 125 Walgett NSW 2368 Australia
• Ash, Anna; Giacon, John and Lissarrague, Amanda (2003). Gamilaraay, Yuwaalaraay & Yuwaalayaay Dictionary. IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT