ebi

Borrowed from German ebben and English ebb.

• IPA^(key): /ˈebi/
• Rhymes: -ebi
• Hyphenation: e‧bi

ebi (present ebas, past ebis, future ebos, conditional ebus, volitive ebu)

1. (intransitive, literary) to ebb

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ebi.

• ebe

eb (“dog”) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛbi]
• Hyphenation: ebi
• Rhymes: -bi

ebi (not comparable)

1. (archaic, rare) of or pertaining to dogs

• ebihal (“tadpole”)

• ebi in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (“A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.

From Hokkien 蝦米／虾米 (hêe-bí, “dried small shrimp”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛbi]
• Hyphenation: èbi

èbi (plural ebi-ebi)

1. dry shrimp

• “ebi” 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.

ebi

1. Rōmaji transcription of えび
2. Rōmaji transcription of エビ

• IPA^(key): /è.bī/

èbi (plural èbizhì)

1. knife

   Musa lá èbi ba nakàn. ― Musa used a knife to cut the meat.

   Ekpá gbó à, wo gàn-án èbi nú à. ― Bad workmen grumble at their tools. (literally, “Your arm is weak, you say the knife is blunt.”)

Compare Yoruba obì.

• IPA^(key): /ē.bì/

ebì (plural ebìzhì)

1. kola nut (Cola acuminata)

• IPA^(key): /ē.bī/

ebi

1. faeces
2. dung; manure

• IPA^(key): /ē.bī/

ebi

1. pollen
2. matter (particle)
3. puss