tabi

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See also: tabí and tâbi

English

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A pair of light blue tabis

Etymology

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From Japanese 足袋 (tabi, foot pouch).

Noun

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tabi (plural tabis or tabi)

  1. Traditional Japanese ankle socks with a separate section for the big toe.

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Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ta‧bi
  • IPA(key): /ˈtabiʔ/ [ˈta.biʔ]

Adverb

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tabì (Basahan spelling ᜆᜊᜒ)

  1. (somewhat polite) please
    Synonym: baya

Particle

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tabì (Basahan spelling ᜆᜊᜒ)

  1. (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

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ta‧bi

Etymology 1

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Unknown.

Noun

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tabi

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

Verb

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tabi

  1. to talk; to communicate, usually by means of speech
  2. to criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself
  3. to chitchat
  4. to gossip

Etymology 2

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Unknown.

Interjection

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tabi

  1. excuse me
  2. go away
  3. 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

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:tabi.

Anagrams

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Dupaningan Agta

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Noun

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tabí

  1. fat; oil

Derived terms

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Iban

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tabiəʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧bi

Noun

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tabi

  1. greeting

Japanese

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Romanization

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tabi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たび

Latin

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Noun

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tābī

  1. dative singular of tābēs

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Compare Waray-Waray tabi (shore).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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tabí (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜒ)

  1. area beside a person or thing
    Synonym: piling
  2. act of staying adjacent to another
    Synonyms: pagtabi, pagpiling, pagsiping, pagsigbay
  3. act of staying or passing along the side or border (of a road, river, etc.)
    Synonyms: panggigilid, pananabi
  4. edge; border
    Synonym: gilid
  5. condition of being adjacent or being close together
    Synonyms: pagkamagkatabi, pagkamagkapiling, pagkamagkasiping, pagkamagkasigbay
  6. act of keeping something in a safe place
    Synonyms: tago, pagtatago, ligpit, pagliligpit
  7. act of saving for the future (especially of money)
    Synonyms: impok, pag-iimpok
  8. savings; anything saved for the future
    Synonyms: inimpok, naimpok
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Etymology 2

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

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Interjection

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tabì or tabí (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜒ)

  1. 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
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Further reading

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  • 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

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Ternate

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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tabi

  1. (transitive) to bring together

Conjugation

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Conjugation of tabi
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totabi fotabi mitabi
2nd notabi nitabi
3rd Masculine otabi itabi, yotabi
Feminine motabi
Neuter itabi
- archaic

References

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

Turkish

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Etymology

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

Noun

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tabi (definite accusative tabii, plural tabiler or tevabi)

  1. follower
  2. dependent; subject; servant

References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tabi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تابع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], 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

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Noun

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tabi

  1. accusative singular of tab

Yoruba

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Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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tàbí

  1. Alternative form of àbí (or)