abi

abi

1. woman

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

• Hyphenation: a‧bi

abi

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

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:abi.

Often confused with ambi.

• iba

abi

1. to kill
2. to abort

• ạbi
• vbi

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

Shortened form of abiturientti.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑbi]
• Hyphenation: a‧bi

abi

1. (colloquial) A candidate for the matriculation examination.

From French habit(s)

abi

1. clothes

• rad
• lenj

ábi

1. for instance

ábi

1. imagine
2. think
3. say aloud

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

abī

1. second-person singular active imperative of abeō

From an earlier abu, still dialectally attested (abi was originally the feminine/neuter dual form), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *abu, from Proto-Indo-European *a(m)-bʰow, where the initial part is an old deictic pronoun or particle, reinforcing the meaning “two, both” of the second part. Cognates include Lithuanian abù, abì, 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.[1]

• IPA^(key): [abi]

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.

• abinieks

From Yoruba.

abi

1. final interrogative particle on a yes/no question

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

abi

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Compare Italian ape.

abi

1. (Campidanese) bee

From English have or Portuguese haver.

abi

1. to have

Contraction of ağabey.

abi (definite accusative abiyi, plural abiler)

1. (colloquial) 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