gabi noun English. Taro, a cultivated root crop, Scientific name. Colocasia esculenta. Example sentence: Subanen. Subay iini pemulaan mu, palay, ma'is, gubi, banggala, saging, gabi muka' su nga gininisan nu ngag lempan, adun sa' megela' su palay mu atawaka ma'is mu, duun da ig lain mpia mu aanen. English. You must plant these, rice, corn, yams, cassava, bananas, taro and the various vegetables, so that if you run out of rice or corn, you have something else that's good to eat. In group with: gabi menalud; gabi salut; ginebilan; lamugan; pelinan 2; sapaku'; tepikan Generic. aan