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sabi

See also: sabí, šabi, and саби

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Compare Tagalog sabi and Kapampangan sabi.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: sa‧bi
  • IPA(key): /ˈsabi/ [ˈsa.bi]

Noun

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sábi

  1. something said; statement
  2. mention
    Synonyms: kuno, sambit

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sábi

  1. to say
    Synonym: taram

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Backslang for bisa.

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sabi

  1. (back slang, text messaging) can, be able

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.bi/
  • Rhymes: -abi
  • Hyphenation: sà‧bi

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sabi m pl

  1. plural of sabio

Japanese

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sabi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さび

Kapampangan

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Etymology

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Compare Tagalog sabi and Bikol Central sabi.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: sa‧bi

Adjective

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sabi

  1. said

Noun

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sabi

  1. something said; statement

Krio

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Etymology

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From Portuguese saber.

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sàbí

  1. to know, understand, be skilled at

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sàbí

  1. skill, expertise, know-how

Lindu

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Noun

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sabi

  1. witness

Maltese

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Etymology

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From Arabic صَبِيّ (ṣabiyy).

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Noun

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sabi m (plural subien)

  1. (dated) boy; male child
    Synonym: tifel
    • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      Is-sema bagħatlu sabi u s-sultan żamm kelmtu!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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  • The plural subien remains in common use; see there.

Nigerian Pidgin

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Etymology

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From Portuguese saber.

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sabi

  1. to know

Papiamentu

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Alternative forms

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  • sa (synonym)

Etymology

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From Portuguese saber and Spanish saber and Kabuverdianu sabe.

Verb

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sabi

  1. to know

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From Portuguese saber.

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Verb

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sabi

  1. (transitive) to know
  2. (auxiliary) to be able to (of learnt skills)

Descendants

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  • Aukan: sabi
  • Saramaccan: sábi

Noun

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sabi

  1. knowledge, wisdom

Derived terms

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References

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  • Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “sabi”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Southern Luzon axis *sábih (“say”). Compare Kapampangan sabi, Hanunoo sabi, Bikol Central sabi, and Masbatenyo sabi. Some speculate that it is from Spanish sabe, the third-person singular present indicative of saber (“to know”).

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sabi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊᜒ)

  1. something said; statement
    Synonyms: pahayag, pangungusap, deklarasyon, wika, (obsolete) bala
  2. act of saying something (to someone)
    Synonyms: pagsasalita, pagpapahayag, (obsolete) bala
  3. act of telling something (to someone)
  4. (colloquial) words; expressions
    Synonym: salita

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Further reading

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  • “sabi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
    • page 168: “Colgar) Sabi (pp) los niños de vnos paños al hombro como vſan las tingianes.”
    • page 217: “Deçir) Sabi (pp) tratando algo”
    • page 253: “Dicho) Sabi (pp) de teſtigo delante de juez”
    • page 398: “Lleuar) Sabi (pp) T. los niños al vſo del tingue colgados ẽ vn paño”
    • page 418: “Mentar) Sabi (pp) lo que otro no quiere o ir”
    • page 537: “Runrun) Sabi (pp) q̃ core por las orejas”
    • page 586: “Tratar) Sabi (pp) alguna coſa entredes”

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Ternate

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Noun

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sabi

  1. a pair

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 صبی (sabiy), Borrowed from Arabic صَبِيّ (ṣabiyy, “boy, lad, youth”).

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sabi

  1. little child

Venetan

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Noun

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sabi

  1. plural of sabo
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