# tabi
## English
### Etymology

From Japanese 足袋 (tabi, “foot pouch”).

### Noun

tabi (plural tabis or tabi)
* Traditional Japanese ankle socks with a separate section for the big toe.

### Anagrams

* bait, IBAT, a bit, -bait, abit, bati

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ta‧bi
* IPA: /ˈtabiʔ/ [ˈta.biʔ]

### Adverb

tabì (Basahan spelling ᜆᜊᜒ)
* (somewhat polite) please
    Synonym: baya

### Particle

tabì (Basahan spelling ᜆᜊᜒ)
* (formal, polite) marks respect toward the person the speaker is addressing
    Synonym: po
    Dagos tabi kamo.Come on in, Sir/Ma'am.
    Ma, maduman tabi ako sa simbahan.Mom, I am going to church.

#### Derived terms

* makitabi
* patabi
* tabi-tabi

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ta‧bi

### Etymology 1

Unknown.

#### Noun

tabi
* chitchat
* talk; empty boasting, promises or claims
* a rumor; a statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth
* gossip; idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present

#### Verb

tabi
* to talk; to communicate, usually by means of speech
* to criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself
* to chitchat
* to gossip

### Etymology 2

Unknown.

#### Interjection

tabi
* excuse me
* go away
* a customary expression to excuse oneself from spirits or ghosts so as to avoid offending or injuring them, used especially when passing through or entering an unfamiliar, wooded or haunted place

### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tabi.

### Anagrams

* bati

## Dupaningan Agta
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.ˈbi/

### Noun

tabí
* fat; oil

#### Derived terms

* matabi

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tabiəʔ]
* Hyphenation: ta‧bi

### Noun

tabi
* greeting

## Japanese
### Romanization

tabi
* Rōmaji transcription of たび

## Latin
### Noun

tābī
* dative singular of tābēs

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Compare Waray-Waray tabi (“shore”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /taˈbi/ [t̪ɐˈbi], (colloquial) /taˈbe/ [t̪ɐˈbɛ]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: ta‧bi

#### Noun

tabí (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜒ)
* area beside a person or thing
    Synonym: piling
* act of staying adjacent to another
    Synonyms: pagtabi, pagpiling, pagsiping, pagsigbay
* act of staying or passing along the side or border (of a road, river, etc.)
    Synonyms: panggigilid, pananabi
* edge; border
    Synonym: gilid
* condition of being adjacent or being close together
    Synonyms: pagkamagkatabi, pagkamagkapiling, pagkamagkasiping, pagkamagkasigbay
* act of keeping something in a safe place
    Synonyms: tago, pagtatago, ligpit, pagliligpit
* act of saving for the future (especially of money)
    Synonyms: impok, pag-iimpok
* savings; anything saved for the future
    Synonyms: inimpok, naimpok

##### Derived terms

* isaisang-tabi
* isantabi
* katabi
* katabing-katabi
* magkatabi
* magsaisang-tabi
* magsantabi
* magtabi
* manabi
* pagkamagkatabi
* pagsasantabi
* pagtabihin
* sa isang tabi
* sa tabi
* santabi
* tabi-tabi
* tabihan
* tabing-daan
* tabing-dagat
* tabing-ilog
* tabing-tabi
* tagatabi
* tumabi

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay tabik, ultimately from Sanskrit क्षन्तव्य (kṣantavya). Compare Kapampangan tabi. See also bati and Malay tabek.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtabiʔ/ [ˈt̪aː.bɪʔ], /taˈbi/ [t̪ɐˈbi]
* Rhymes: -abiʔ, -i
* Syllabification: ta‧bi

#### Interjection

tabì or tabí (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜒ)
* used to tell or order people to get out of one's way: out of the way!; excuse me!; move aside!; step aside!
    Synonyms: alis, habi, isod

##### Derived terms

* pasintabi
* pasintabi po
* tabi-tabi po
* tumabi

### Further reading

* “tabi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “excuse oneself; greeting”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Anagrams

* taib, bait, bati

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈta.bi]

### Verb

tabi
* (transitive) to bring together

#### Conjugation
### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تابع, from Arabic تَابِع (tābiʕ).

### Noun

tabi (definite accusative tabii, plural tabiler or tevabi)
* follower
* dependent; subject; servant

### References

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tabi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تابع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 471
* Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

## Volapük
### Noun

tabi
* accusative singular of tab

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tà.bí/

### Conjunction

tàbí
* Alternative form of àbí (“or”)