umbi

umbi

1. (medicine, colloquial) Short for umbilicus.

umbi (not comparable)

1. (medicine, colloquial) Short for umbilical.

Inherited from Malay umbi

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊm.bi/
• Rhymes: -bi, -i
• Hyphenation: um‧bi

umbi (plural umbi-umbi, first-person possessive umbiku, second-person possessive umbimu, third-person possessive umbinya)

1. tuber
2. (figurative, slang) ellipsis of umbi-umbian (“lowest-rank of civil servant, who have no structural appointment”).

• “umbi” 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.

umbi

1. ash

umbi

1. ash

Doublet of ubi, from Proto-Malayic *hubi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi (“yam”).

• IPA^(key): /umbi/
• Rhymes: -mbi, -bi

umbi (Jawi spelling اومبي, plural umbi-umbian)

1. tuber
2. corm (underground stem of plant)

• ubi

• Indonesian: umbi

• “umbi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• umpi

From Proto-West Germanic *umbi; cognate with Old English ymbe (English umbe), Old Norse um.

umbi

1. around

• Middle High German: umbe, ump, ümbe, üm
  • Alemannic German: ume, umme
  • Bavarian:
    • Cimbrian: umme
    • Mòcheno: um
  • Central Franconian: öm, em
    • Luxembourgish: ëm
  • German: um, (umb, üm, ümb)
  • Yiddish: אום (um)

From Proto-West Germanic *umbi; cognate with Old English ymb, ymbe, Old Norse um.

umbi

1. around

• Middle Low German: umme
  • Low German: üm, um
  • Plautdietsch: om