ebi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ebi"

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German ebben and English ebb.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, literary) to ebb

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ebi.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ebi

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		ebas		ebis		ebos
active participle		ebanta	ebantaj	ebinta	ebintaj	ebonta	ebontaj
	acc.	ebantan	ebantajn	ebintan	ebintajn	ebontan	ebontajn
nominal active participle		ebanto	ebantoj	ebinto	ebintoj	ebonto	ebontoj
	acc.	ebanton	ebantojn	ebinton	ebintojn	ebonton	ebontojn
adverbial active participle		ebante		ebinte		ebonte

infinitive		ebi						imperative		ebu						conditional		ebus

Derived terms

• ebe

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

ebi (not comparable)

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ebi	ebiek
accusative	ebit	ebieket
dative	ebinek	ebieknek
instrumental	ebivel	ebiekkel
causal-final	ebiért	ebiekért
translative	ebivé	ebiekké
terminative	ebiig	ebiekig
essive-formal	ebiként	ebiekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ebiben	ebiekben
superessive	ebin	ebieken
adessive	ebinél	ebieknél
illative	ebibe	ebiekbe
sublative	ebire	ebiekre
allative	ebihez	ebiekhez
elative	ebiből	ebiekből
delative	ebiről	ebiekről
ablative	ebitől	ebiektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	ebié	ebieké
non-attributive possessive - plural	ebiéi	ebiekéi

Derived terms

• ebihal (“tadpole”)

Further reading

• 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.

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

èbi (first-person possessive ebiku, second-person possessive ebimu, third-person possessive ebinya)

1. dry shrimp.

Related terms

• ebi furai

 

Further reading

• “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.

Japanese

Romanization

ebi

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

Nupe

Etymology 1

Èbi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.bī/

Noun

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.”)

Etymology 2

Ebì

Compare Yoruba obì.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.bì/

Noun

ebì (plural ebìzhì)

1. kola nut (Cola acuminata)

Hyponyms

• labozhì
• àfàrà
• átárà

 

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.bī/

Noun

ebi

1. faeces
2. dung; manure

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.bī/

Noun

ebi

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