ubi

Significat (Anglès)

1. (interrogative, not-comparable) where? in what place?, in which place?
2. (not-comparable, relative) where or in a place where
3. (not-comparable, relative) when
4. (not-comparable) as, as soon as, whenever, when
5. (informal, not-comparable) in which, by which, with which; by whom, with whom

Conceptes

on

adonde

Sinònims

unde

quo

ubinam

Traduccions

where

où

wo

onde

dove

waar

nerede

donde

dónde

πού

aonde

waarvan

waarheen

waarvandaan

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˈʊ.biː]

Etimologia (Anglès)

For cubī with iambic shortening, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei or *kʷuβei, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷudʰei or *kʷobʰí (when compared with Hittite ku-wa-pi), from pronominal root *kʷu- + *-dʰi (locative suffix). Compare Ancient Greek πόθι (póthi). See also the same meanings in quō.
The unexpected loss of c may be explained as a metanalysis of the negative nēcubi, where the c was interpreted as being from nec (truly here the negation was just the nē). This is also clear in the compound alicubi and sī-cubi. Contamination with ibi (“there”) is also possible.