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Ian Smith; Morris Timothy Ama (1985),A Dictionary of Juba Arabic & English‎^[1], 1st edition, Juba: The Committee of The Juba Cheshire Home and Centre for Handicapped Children, page168
Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2010),Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik;100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill,→DOI,→ISBN, page66

Kapampangan

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Etymology

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CompareTagalogsabi andCentral Bikolsabi.

Pronunciation

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Hyphenation:sa‧bi

Adjective

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sabi

said;told

Noun

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sabi

something said;statement

Krio

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Alternative forms

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sab(colloquial)

Etymology

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FromPortuguesesaber. CompareEnglishsavvy.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /sà.bí/

Verb

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sàbí

toknow,understand, beskilled at

Noun

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sàbí

skill,expertise,know-how

References

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Fyle, Clifford N.;Jones, Eldred D. (1980),A Krio-English dictionary, USA:Oxford University Press,→ISBN, page321

Lindu

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Noun

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sabi

witness

Maltese

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Etymology

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FromArabicصَبِيّ(ṣabiyy).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈsa.bɪ/
Rhymes:-abɪ

Noun

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sabi m (pluralsubien)

(dated)boy; malechild
Synonym:tifel
- 2008, Trevor Żahra,Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers,→ISBN:
  Is-sema bagħatlusabi u s-sultan żamm kelmtu!
  (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

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The pluralsubien remains in common use; see there.

Maroon Spirit Language

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Etymology

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Likely fromPortuguesesaber.

Verb

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sabi

toknow
- 1983,Kenneth M. Bilby, “How the "older heads" talk: a Jamaican Maroon spirit possession language and its relationship to the creoles of Suriname and Sierra Leone”, inNew West Indian Guide,→ISSN, page70:
  (...) wen u luku na u sjref, usabi se da sonti a no gudu sonti.
  (...) when you looked at yourself, youknew that that thing was not a good thing.
tounderstand
- 1983,Kenneth M. Bilby, “How the "older heads" talk: a Jamaican Maroon spirit possession language and its relationship to the creoles of Suriname and Sierra Leone”, inNew West Indian Guide,→ISSN, page71:
  so usabi ampang onti mi sa se?
  So do youunderstand completely what I'm going to say?

Nigerian Pidgin

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Etymology

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FromPortuguesesaber.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /sà.bi/

Verb

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sabi

toknow
- 2024 September 5, Helen Oyibo, “'Except crase enta na di kain tin I don do before, I go do if I become govnor of Edo State' - Asue Ighodalo”, inBBC News Pidgin:
  "I advise am for im economic team for eight years, if all those tins e tok I nosabi do dem, how I advise am for eight years?
  I advised him for their economic team for eight years, if all those things I said were things I didn'tknow, how did I advise him for eight years?
- 2025 August 22, “2027 elections and oda tins wey increase mass insecurity - Chief of Defence staff”, inBBC News Pidgin:
  Terrorism and insecurity na one of di challenges wey Nigeria dey face and di Chief of Defence staff don tok wetin imsabi about di pipo wey dey sponsor terrorism and wetin citizens fit do to protect diasef.
  Terrorism and insecurity is one of the challenges that Nigeria faces and the Chief of Defence staff has said what heknows about people who sponsor terrorism and what citizens can do to protect themselves.

Papiamentu

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Alternative forms

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sa(synonym)

Etymology

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FromPortuguesesaber andSpanishsaber andKabuverdianusabe.

Verb

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sabi

toknow

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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FromPortuguesesaber.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈsa.bi/

Verb

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sabi

(transitive) toknow
(auxiliary) tobe able to(of learnt skills)

Descendants

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Aukan:sabi
Saramaccan:sábi

Noun

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sabi

knowledge,wisdom

Derived terms

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sabidensi(“science”)
sabiman(“expert”)
sabiso(“know-it-all”)

References

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Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “sabi”, inLanguages of Suriname, 5th edition,SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Southern Luzon axis*sábih (“say”). CompareKapampangansabi,Hanunoosabi,Central Bikolsabi, andMasbatenyosabi. Some speculate that it is fromSpanishsabe, the third-person singular present indicative ofsaber(“to know”).