# 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”). See also Sarawak Malay gabi (“dinner”).

#### 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