"Ubi" is a word in TAGALOG, ILOKANO, HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
n. yam with purple meat.
úbi - Uvi yam, yam, ubi, an edible tuber
belonging to the dioscorea family and
growing at times to a large size. There are
many varieties: the "kinarabáw,
kinárbaw” is of great size and whitish; the
"tapól” has a bluish meat; the "tám-is” is
sweetish; the "búl-og” grows down deep in
the ground; the "likô” is a sort of twisted
úbi; the "bagunáw” grows upwards from
the ground; the "hilós” is tap-rooted and
strikes deep into the soil; the "tayabá” is a
kind of small úbi. (cf. banáyan, buhayán,
kamóti).
ubi
Definition: (noun) yam
úbi n widely grown yam of variable color and size; used mainly as an ingredient in sweet dishes: Dioscorea alata.
nga gataw n variety, the tuber of which becomes exposed above the ground.
nga kinampay variety with purple meat.
v [b6] make s.t.
of úbi.
kulur di- violet-colored.
ubihan n yam patch.
You don't know me. You know one me, just like I know one you. And you can't know every me, and I can't know every you.
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apáli n k. o. oval-shaped, smooth-textured yam, cultivated and growing wild: Dioscorea esculenta.
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Read the complete definitionWhite; white man's; strong; good; as, buckra yam, a white yam.
Read the complete definitionbúdloy - The tip or end of tubers and other roots. Ginúbus níya sang káon bisán pa ang mga búdloy …
Read the complete definitionbúkad v [A3S; ab2] dig up s.t. from under the ground. Nag-búkad kug úbi, I am digging for yams.
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Read the complete definitionhagmang n k. o. wild yam having long edible tubers and thorny vines.
Read the complete definitionipak v [A; a] split, break a piece o? of s.t. hard, divide into pieces. Mag-ipak kug káhuy, Ill chop …
Read the complete definitionispísu a {1} for liquids to be thick, of great density. Ispísu kaáyung sikwáti kay gidaghan níyag tablíya, The chocolate …
Read the complete definitionIn English law. Regrators of yam. 8 Hen. VI. c. 5
Read the complete definitionkamote Definition: (noun) sweet potato, yam
Read the complete definitionkinampay n any root crop or fruit that is violet, usually said of yams, and by extension star apples and …
Read the complete definitionkúlut n k. o. wild yam, a hairy climbing vine, having immense poisonous tubers with yellowish flesh. It is eaten …
Read the complete definitionlambun v [A; c1] broil s.t. in between embers. Pagkúhà ug dáhun kay maglambun tag kamúti, Get some banana leaves. …
Read the complete definitionlumaluma pa- v [A3] undertake to do s.t. one is incapable of doing. Ayawg palumalumag áyu sa radiyu kay musamut …
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Read the complete definitionn. side-dish, viand; any article of food that is eaten with rice or sometimes corn, yam, cassava or bread. v. …
Read the complete definitionsingkamas Definition: (noun) yam bean; native turnip
Read the complete definitiontagsip v [A; ab7] cut s.t. o? of s.t. , cut in thin, long pieces (narrow or broad). Halus makatagsip …
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