cibi

Borrowed from Fijian cibi.

cibi (plural cibis or cibi)

1. A traditional Fijian war dance, originally performed to celebrate victory in battle, now most famously performed by the Fiji national rugby union team before international matches as a challenge to their opponents.

• haka (New Zealand)
• siva tau (Samoa)
• sipi tau (Tonga)

From cibi (“to rejoice, to celebrate”). The modern sense has been in use since 1939, when the Fiji national rugby team first performed it before matches at the request of Ratu Sir George Cakobau as a response to the New Zealand All Blacks' Māori haka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈðimbi/

cibi

1. (historical) cibi, a Fijian war dance traditionally performed as a celebration after victory in battle

   Na cibi e a dau vakayacori ni sa oti na ivalu.

   The cibi was performed after battle.

2. (modern, rugby) cibi, a ceremonial dance of challenge performed by the Fiji national rugby union team before matches

   Era vakayacora e dua na cibi kaukauwa na timi ni rakavi ni Viti ena bera na qito nikua.

   The Fijian national rugby team performed a powerful cibi before the match today.

• → English: cibi

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “cibi”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 46

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃí.bíː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɪ́.bíː]

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cibī m (possessed form cibin)

1. (dialectal) spoon

   Synonym: cokali

• → Baatonum: sibi
• → Yoruba: ṣíbí

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃíː.bìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃíː.bìː]

cībī̀ m (possessed form cībìn)

1. (pathology) swollen protruding navel; umbilical hernia

cibi m

1. plural of cibo

cibi

1. inflection of cibare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

• bici

cibī m

1. inflection of cibus:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural

cibi

1. plural of cibu