# sabi
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Compare Tagalog sabi and Kapampangan sabi.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: sa‧bi
* IPA: /ˈsabi/ [ˈsa.bi]

### Noun

sábi
* something said; statement
* mention
    Synonyms: kuno, sambit

### Verb

sábi
* to say
    Synonym: taram

#### Derived terms

* isabi
* kasabihan
* magsabi
* sabihan
* sabihon

#### See also

* huron
* istoriyahan
* ulay
* usap

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Backslang for bisa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sa.bi/

### Verb

sabi
* (back slang, text messaging) can, be able

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsa.bi/
* Rhymes: -abi
* Hyphenation: sà‧bi

### Noun

sabi m pl
* plural of sabio

## Japanese
### Romanization

sabi
* Rōmaji transcription of さび

## Juba Arabic
### Etymology

From Sudanese Arabic صاحبي (ṣāḥbi, “my friend”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsabi/, [ˈsa.bɪ]

### Noun

sabi
* friend

### References

* Ian Smith, Morris Timothy Ama (1985) A Dictionary of Juba Arabic & English‎, 1st edition, Juba: The Committee of The Juba Cheshire Home and Centre for Handicapped Children, page 168
* Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 66

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

Compare Tagalog sabi and Bikol Central sabi.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: sa‧bi

### Adjective

sabi
* said

### Noun

sabi
* something said; statement

## Krio
### Alternative forms

* sab (colloquial)

### Etymology

From Portuguese saber. Compare English savvy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sà.bí/

### Verb

sàbí
* to know, understand, be skilled at

### Noun

sàbí
* skill, expertise, know-how

### References

* Fyle, Clifford N., Jones, Eldred D. (1980) A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 321

## Lindu
### Noun

sabi
* witness

## Maltese
### Etymology

From Arabic صَبِيّ (ṣabiyy).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsa.bɪ/

### Noun

sabi m (plural subien)
* (dated) boy; male child
    Synonym: tifel
** 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:Is-sema bagħatlu sabi u s-sultan żamm kelmtu!(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Usage notes

* The plural subien remains in common use; see there.

## Maroon Spirit Language
### Etymology

Likely from Portuguese saber.

### Verb

sabi
* to know
** 1983, Kenneth M. Bilby, “How the "older heads" talk: a Jamaican Maroon spirit possession language and its relationship to the creoles of Suriname and Sierra Leone”, in New West Indian Guide, →ISSN, page 70:(...) wen u luku na u sjref, u sabi se da sonti a no gudu sonti.(...) when you looked at yourself, you knew that that thing was not a good thing.
* to understand
** 1983, Kenneth M. Bilby, “How the "older heads" talk: a Jamaican Maroon spirit possession language and its relationship to the creoles of Suriname and Sierra Leone”, in New West Indian Guide, →ISSN, page 71:so u sabi ampang onti mi sa se?So do you understand completely what I'm going to say?

## Nigerian Pidgin
### Etymology

From Portuguese saber.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sà.bi/

### Verb

sabi
* to know

## Papiamentu
### Alternative forms

* sa (synonym)

### Etymology

From Portuguese saber and Spanish saber and Kabuverdianu sabe.

### Verb

sabi
* to know

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From Portuguese saber.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsa.bi/

### Verb

sabi
* (transitive) to know
* (auxiliary) to be able to (of learnt skills)

#### Descendants

* Aukan: sabi
* Saramaccan: sábi

### Noun

sabi
* knowledge, wisdom

#### Derived terms

* sabidensi (“science”)
* sabiman (“expert”)
* sabiso (“know-it-all”)

### References

* Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “sabi”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Southern Luzon axis *sábih (“say”). Compare Kapampangan sabi, Hanunoo sabi, Bikol Central sabi, and Masbatenyo sabi. Some speculate that it is from Spanish sabe, the third-person singular present indicative of saber (“to know”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈsabi/ [ˈsaː.bɪ], (colloquial) /ˈsabe/ [ˈsaː.bɛ]
* Rhymes: -abi
* Syllabification: sa‧bi

### Noun

sabi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊᜒ)
* something said; statement
    Synonyms: pahayag, pangungusap, deklarasyon, wika, (obsolete) bala
* act of saying something (to someone)
    Synonyms: pagsasalita, pagpapahayag, (obsolete) bala
* act of telling something (to someone)
* (colloquial) words; expressions
    Synonym: salita

#### Derived terms

* ansabi
* ang pagsasabi ng tapat ay pagsasama ng maluwat
* ebas
* ibig sabihin
* ipagsabi
* ipanabi
* ipasabi
* kasabihan
* madaling sabihin, mahirap gawin
* magpasabi
* magsabi
* makapagsabi
* makisabi
* masabi
* masabihan
* pagsabihan
* pagsasabi
* pakisabi
* papagsabihin
* pasabi
* pasabihan
* paunang-sabi
* sa madaling sabi
* sabi-sabi
* sabi-sabihan
* sabi-sabihin
* sabihan
* sabihin
* sabihin pa ba
* sinabi
* sukat ang katagang sabi sa mabuting umiintindi
* tagapagsabi
* tagasabi
* walang-sinasabi

#### See also

* banggit
* sambit
* usap

### Further reading

* “sabi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
** page 168: “Colgar) Sabi (pp) los niños de vnos paños al hombro como vſan las tingianes.”
** page 217: “Deçir) Sabi (pp) tratando algo”
** page 253: “Dicho) Sabi (pp) de teſtigo delante de juez”
** page 398: “Lleuar) Sabi (pp) T. los niños al vſo del tingue colgados ẽ vn paño”
** page 418: “Mentar) Sabi (pp) lo que otro no quiere o ir”
** page 537: “Runrun) Sabi (pp) q̃ core por las orejas”
** page 586: “Tratar) Sabi (pp) alguna coſa entredes”

### Anagrams

* basi, siba, bisa

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsa.bi]

### Noun

sabi
* a pair

### 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 صبی (sabiy), Borrowed from Arabic صَبِيّ (ṣabiyy, “boy, lad, youth”).

### Noun

sabi
* little child

## Venetan
### Noun

sabi
* plural of sabo