ubi noun English. Common sweet potato, cultivated both for its root as a staple food and for its leaves as a green vegetable, Scientific name. Ipomoea batatas. Example sentence: Subanen. Sug bata' pimulau gubi, mikamutamut na mendilug. Si nga Uan, bata' aan nilan pengimeten laak ig bata' ubi pingma'niin tendu'. English. The little sweet potato I planted has gradually spread. What"s-His-Name and his family picked some little ones to eat, about the size of a finger. Generic. aan ubi menaik noun English. A climbing yam, oft, purple. Scientific name. Dioscorea alata Synonym. inampay Idiom: memula gubi verb English. Dies, euph.. Generic. patay