"ube" meaning in Tagalog

See ube in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈʔube/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈʔuː.bɛ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜂᜊᜒ [Baybayin], obi [alternative], ubi [alternative]
Rhymes: -ube Etymology: From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi. Compare Hawaiian uhi (“yam”), Malagasy ovy (“potato”), Malay ubi (“yam”), and Maori uwhi (“yam”). Etymology templates: {{inh|tl|poz-pro|*qubi}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi, {{cog|haw|uhi||yam}} Hawaiian uhi (“yam”), {{cog|mg|ovy||potato}} Malagasy ovy (“potato”), {{cog|ms|ubi||yam}} Malay ubi (“yam”), {{cog|mi|uwhi||yam}} Maori uwhi (“yam”) Head templates: {{tl-adj|b=+}} ube (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒ)
  1. purple (color/colour) Synonyms: morado, purpura, haban, haban-ube
    Sense id: en-ube-tl-adj-W1-Zo9J2 Categories (other): Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries, Purples, Root vegetables Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 36 25 38 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 27 39 34 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 34 30 36 Disambiguation of Purples: 39 23 38 Disambiguation of Root vegetables: 31 38 30

Noun

IPA: /ˈʔube/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈʔuː.bɛ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜂᜊᜒ [Baybayin], obi [alternative], ubi [alternative]
Rhymes: -ube Etymology: From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi. Compare Hawaiian uhi (“yam”), Malagasy ovy (“potato”), Malay ubi (“yam”), and Maori uwhi (“yam”). Etymology templates: {{inh|tl|poz-pro|*qubi}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi, {{cog|haw|uhi||yam}} Hawaiian uhi (“yam”), {{cog|mg|ovy||potato}} Malagasy ovy (“potato”), {{cog|ms|ubi||yam}} Malay ubi (“yam”), {{cog|mi|uwhi||yam}} Maori uwhi (“yam”) Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} ube (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒ)
  1. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)
    Sense id: en-ube-tl-noun-ZlYiKxss Categories (other): Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries, Dioscoreales order plants, Purples, Root vegetables Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 29 40 30 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 36 25 38 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 27 39 34 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 34 30 36 Disambiguation of Dioscoreales order plants: 19 62 19 Disambiguation of Purples: 39 23 38 Disambiguation of Root vegetables: 31 38 30
  2. purple (color/colour) Synonyms: morado, purpura, haban, haban-ube
    Sense id: en-ube-tl-noun-W1-Zo9J2 Categories (other): Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries, Purples, Root vegetables Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 36 25 38 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 27 39 34 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 34 30 36 Disambiguation of Purples: 39 23 38 Disambiguation of Root vegetables: 31 38 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kulay-ube, malaubi, ube-ubihan, ubihan Related terms: ubag

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tagalog dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.