# gabi
## English
### Etymology

From Tagalog gabi, from Proto-Philippine *gabi.

### Noun

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

### Anagrams

* Baig, Biga, bagi, biga

## Barngarla
### Etymology

Cognate with Kaurna kauwi, Pitjantjatjara kapi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡabi/

### Noun

gabi
* water
    Synonym: gawoo

### References

* Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2019). Barngarlidhi Manoo (Speaking Barngarla Together) (Barngarla Alphabet & Picture Book). p.63. Part 1 Part 2
* Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
* Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.regenr8.dictionary.barngarla https://apps.apple.com/au/app/barngarla/id1424856161

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *gabi.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ga‧bi
* IPA: /ˈɡabi/ [ˈɡa.bɪ]

### Noun

gábi (Badlit spelling ᜄᜊᜒ)
* taro (Colocasia esculenta)
* any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
* the corms of this plant
* the leaves of this plant used as vegetable

#### Derived terms

* gabigabi

### Anagrams

* biga

## Gamilaraay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡabi/

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

gabi
* A male marriage class or skin group. A gabi can marry only a yibathaa; his sons will be gambu, and his daughters buuthaa.

### Etymology 2

From English coffee.

#### Noun

gabi
* coffee

### References

* Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)
* Dhiirrala Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Language Program St Joseph School Po Box 125 Walgett NSW 2368 Australia
* (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary
* (2015) Ma Gamilaraay

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *gabi.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ga‧bi
* IPA: /ˈɡabi/ [ˈɡa.bi]

### Noun

gábi
* taro

## Japanese
### Romanization

gabi
* Rōmaji transcription of がび

## Mansaka
### Etymology

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

### Noun

gabi
* night

## Masbatenyo
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *gabi.

### Noun

gabi
* taro

## Tagakaulu Kalagan
### Etymology

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

### Noun

gabi
* night

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

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”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ɡaˈbi/ [ɡɐˈbi], (colloquial) /ɡaˈbe/ [ɡɐˈbɛ]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: ga‧bi

#### Noun

gabí (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊᜒ)
* evening; night
    Antonym: araw

##### Alternative forms

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

##### Derived terms

* araw-gabi
* bakaw-gabi
* gabi't araw
* gabi-gabi
* gabihin
* gumabi
* hatinggabi
* kagabi
* kinagabihan
* magabihan
* magandang gabi
* magpagabi
* magpakagabi
* panggabi
* panghatinggabi
* sagabi
* Simbang Gabi

##### See also

* n.g.

### Etymology 2

See gabe.

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

gabi (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊᜒ) (common)
* Alternative form of gabe

### Further reading

* “gabi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* ibag, igba, giba, biga

## Yogad
### Etymology

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

### Noun

gabí
* night