rubi
English
Etymology
From Japanese ルビ (rubi), from English ruby.
Noun
rubi
- Alternative form of ruby (“pronunciation guide for Chinese or Japanese characters”).
- 2010, Alisa Freedman, Tokyo in Transit: Japanese Culture on the Rails and Road, page 170:
- "Shinjuku Sketch" demonstrates another of Ryutanji's trademark techniques, which was established in The Age of Wandering: writing English loan words as kanji Chinese character compounds cribbed with rubi to convey a visual sense of international modernism and global culture.
- 2012, Nana Sato-Rossberg, Judy Wakabayashi, Translation and Translation Studies in the Japanese Context, page 158:
- Bespoke combinations of kanji can also be created, because the intended phonetic and semantic readings can be supplied by the rubi glosses.
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ru‧bi
- IPA(key): /ɾuˈbi/ [ɾ̪ʊˈbi]
Noun
rubí
Galician
Verb
rubi
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of rubir:
- first-person singular preterite indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈru.bi/
- Rhymes: -ubi
- Hyphenation: rù‧bi
Verb
rubi
- inflection of rubare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
rubi
Karelian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *rupi.
Noun
rubi (genitive ruven, partitive rubie)
References
- Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “rupi”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
Latin
Noun
rubī
- inflection of rubus:
- nominative/vocative plural
- genitive singular
Livvi
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *rupi.
Noun
rubi (genitive ruven, partitive rubii)
References
- Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “rupi”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[2], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
Old Irish
Verb
·rubi
- alternative form of ·rubai
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- rubí (1931-prescribed spelling)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rubi, from Catalan robí (“ruby”), from Medieval Latin rubīnus, from Latin rubeus (“red”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁuˈbi/ [huˈbi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁuˈbi/ [χuˈbi]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁuˈbi/ [ʁuˈβi]
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: ru‧bi
Noun
rubi m (plural rubis)
Adjective
rubi (invariable)
- ruby (deep red in colour)
Related terms
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish rubí (“ruby”), from Catalan robí, from Old French rubin, from Medieval Latin rubīnus.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɾuˈbi/ [ɾʊˈbɪ]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: ru‧bi
Noun
rubí (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜊᜒ)
Related terms
Adjective
rubí (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜊᜒ)
- ruby (color/colour)
Further reading
- “rubi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *rupi, borrowed from Germanic. Cognates include Finnish rupi.
Noun
rubi
Inflection
| Inflection of rubi (inflection type 3/kivi) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | rubi | ||
| genitive sing. | ruben | ||
| partitive sing. | rubed | ||
| partitive plur. | rubid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rubi | rubed | |
| accusative | ruben | rubed | |
| genitive | ruben | rubiden | |
| partitive | rubed | rubid | |
| essive-instructive | ruben | rubin | |
| translative | rubeks | rubikš | |
| inessive | rubes | rubiš | |
| elative | rubespäi | rubišpäi | |
| illative | rubehe | rubihe | |
| adessive | rubel | rubil | |
| ablative | rubelpäi | rubilpäi | |
| allative | rubele | rubile | |
| abessive | rubeta | rubita | |
| comitative | rubenke | rubidenke | |
| prolative | rubedme | rubidme | |
| approximative I | rubenno | rubidenno | |
| approximative II | rubennoks | rubidennoks | |
| egressive | rubennopäi | rubidennopäi | |
| terminative I | rubehesai | rubihesai | |
| terminative II | rubelesai | rubilesai | |
| terminative III | rubessai | — | |
| additive I | rubehepäi | rubihepäi | |
| additive II | rubelepäi | rubilepäi | |
References
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “короста, шероховатость, шрам”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary][3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika