ubi

Meaning

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

Concepts

where

when

as soon as

whereas

whereby

wherein

place

Synonyms

unde

quo

ubinam

Translations

où

wo

onde

dove

waar

donde

dónde

nerede

πού

on

aonde

waarvandaan

waarheen

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈʊ.biː]

Etymology

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.