abi

abi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Abidji.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Abidji terms

abi

1. woman

• Don Daniels, Magi: An Undocumented Language (in a comparative wordlist)

• IPA^(key): /abi/

abi

1. alternative spelling of habis (“finish”)

• Hyphenation: a‧bi

abi

1. to misconstrue; to interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand

Often confused with ambi.

• iba

Possibly the second verb in a verb-pair with albi. Cognate with Alabama ibi and Choctaw abi.

• IPA^(key): /abi/

abi (active)

1. (transitive) to kill (I;II)
2. (transitive) to abort (I;II)

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

• ʋbi (traditional)
• ạbi (Byington/Swanton)

Cognate with Alabama ibi (“to kill”), Chickasaw abi (“to kill”)

abi

1. killer, murderer
2. killing, slaughter

abi

1. to kill, to murder
2. to be sick or infected (usually with a skin disease)

• abichi

From Proto-Finnic *api.

abi (genitive abi, partitive abi)

1. help

• “abi”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “abi”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “abi”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• abi in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Clipping of abiturientti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑbi/, [ˈɑ̝bi]
• Rhymes: -ɑbi
• Syllabification^(key): a‧bi
• Hyphenation^(key): abi

abi (colloquial)

1. A candidate for the matriculation examination.

• “abi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

abi

1. elder sister

• abigipa (formal)
• abitang (formal)

From French habit(s).

• IPA^(key): /a.bi/

abi

1. clothes

• rad
• lenj

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔabi/ [ˈʔa.bi]
• Rhymes: -abi
• Syllabification: a‧bi

abi (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜲ)

1. in case, if it should happen, perchance

   no abi ― if perchance

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 18

ábi

1. for instance

ábi

1. imagine
2. think
3. say aloud

• IPA^(key): /a.bi/

abi

1. wound or cut
2. trace
3. scars
4. cracks (as in jars, plates etc.)

• bekau
• lempus

From Arabic أَبِي (ʔabī, “father”), genitive construct state of أَب (ʔab, “father”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾab- (“father”). Doublet of aba, abu, and abbas.

• IPA^(key): /abi/
• Hyphenation: a‧bi

abi

1. father

   Synonyms: ayah, bapak

• “abi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

abi

1. Rōmaji transcription of あび
2. Rōmaji transcription of アビ

abi

1. alternative spelling of ábi

abi

1. alternative spelling of ábi

From Proto-Mongolic *ab-, compare Mongolian авах (avax).

abi

1. to take

abī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of abeō

From an earlier abu, still dialectally attested (abi was originally the feminine/neuter dual form), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *abōˀ (“both”),^[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰóh₁, possibly prefixed with *Ho,^[2][3] an old deictic pronoun or particle, reinforcing the meaning “two, both” of the second part. Cognates include Lithuanian abù, abi̇̀, Old Prussian abbai, Old Church Slavonic оба (oba), Russian о́ба (óba), Belarusian о́ба (óba), о́бадва (óbadva), Ukrainian о́ба (óba), Bulgarian о́ба (óba), Czech, Polish oba, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹 (bai), German beide, Sanskrit उभौ (ubháu), Ancient Greek ἄμφω (ámphō), Latin ambō, Tocharian A āmpi.^[4]

• IPA^(key): [abi]

• Audio:

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abi (no def., no comp., no sup., no adv.)

1. both (one and the other of two)

   abas acis, rokas, kājas ― both eyes, hands, legs

   satvert abās rokās ― to grab with (lit. in) both hands

   abās pusēs ceļam mežs ― the road has forest on both sides

   klausīties (ar) abām ausīm ― to hear with both ears (= very attentively)

   attālums starp abiem ledus gabaliem ātri auga ― the distance between both pieces of ice grew rapidly

2. (used pronominally) both (the two previously mentioned)

   pie mājas aug divi ozoli, abi tēva stādīti ― by the house two oaks grow, both planted by father

   Helēna apskāva māti, un viņas abas nosēdās blakus tēvam ― Helēna hugged mother, and both of them sat next to father.

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• abinieks

From Yoruba àbí.

àbi

1. or

   Synonyms: or, weda

In "either...or" sentences, this word can optionally be placed in the "whether" position as well.

àbi

1. Interrogative particle placed at the beginning or end of a yes/no question.

   Synonym: weda

• IPA^(key): /ʌˈbɪ/

abi (changed conjunct form ebid, reduplicated form ayabi)

1. be at home

   Abi go awe gaa-pi-andwewemind awasonaago.

   The person they asked about the other day was home.

2. sit in (a certain place)

nop=1

• ab-
• namadabi (“sit”)

• ate
• ayaa (vai)

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/abi-vai

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

abi

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

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

abî

1. night

• kadhating-abi

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ad vix, from ad +‎ vix.

• IPA^(key): /aˈbi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: a‧bí

abi

1. (western Oltenia) alternative form of abia (“barely”)

• Vasile Burlă (1880) Studie filologice [Philological studies]‎^[3], Iași, page 87

• “abi”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Inherited from Classical Latin apis, apem. Compare Logudorese abe, Nuorese ape.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaβi/

abi f (plural abis)

1. (Campidanese) bee

• abi maista

• abiolu

• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

• IPA^(key): /ˈab(b)i/

From Classical Latin apis (“bee”), of uncertain further origin.

• aba
• abba (Castelsardo, Sedini)

abi f (invariable)

1. bee
   • 1956, Salvator Ruju, “Tuttu m’ammentu... [I remember everything...]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 123:

     E nò l’aggiu iparadi chissi ingordhi
     isthruidori d’abi
     pa cuntintà a tè.

     And I didn't shoot those greedy destroyers of bees, just to make you happy.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

abi f pl

1. plural of aba

• Ugo Solinas (2016) “àbi”, in Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico, volume 1, Sestu: Domus de Janas, →ISBN, page 20

From English have or Portuguese haver.

• IPA^(key): /abi/, [a̠bi], [ɑ̟bi]

abi

1. to have
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[4], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     Kuljara va ju no habi bunne hudu, da buba soso

     Your canoe doesn't have proper wood, it's just sapwood.

Compare Persian آبی (âbi).

abi (Cyrillic аби)

1. light blue

• Pirejko, L. A. (1976) “аби”, in Talyšsko-russkij slovarʹ [Talysh–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 20

Contraction of ağabey.

• IPA^(key): /aːbi/

• Audio:

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abi (definite accusative abiyi, plural abiler)

1. colloquial form of ağabey: elder brother

The term is a common respectful form of address for any non-elderly adult man.

abi

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of aver
2. second-person singular imperative of aver

abi

1. but also

• noe

From Proto-Finnic *api.

abi (genitive abi, partitive api)

1. help, aid, assistance

• tàbí

• IPA^(key): /à.bí/

àbí

1. or