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English

Alternative forms

• bobbar

Etymology

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Noun

bobar (uncountable)

1. (vulgar, Northern England, slang) Excrement.
2. (vulgar, Northern England, slang) Something that is rubbish, useless, nonsense.
3. (vulgar, Northern England, slang) Something of poor quality.

Verb

bobar (third-person singular simple present bobars, present participle bobaring, simple past and past participle bobared)

1. (Northern England, slang) To defecate.

Usage notes

• Used especially in Sheffield and Barnsley.

Anagrams

• Brabo, robab

English

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese ?? (b?bà), from Cantonese ?? (bo1 baa3, “breast[s], tapioca pearl[s]”), from ? (bo1) transcribing English ball and ? (baa3, “chief, top”).

Noun

boba (countable and uncountable, plural bobas)

1. Synonym of tapioca pearl.
2. Short for boba tea.

References

• “boba, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2018

Anagrams

• abob, boab

Gagauz

Noun

boba

1. father

Indonesian

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese ?? (b?bà), from Cantonese ?? (bo1 baa3, “breast[s], tapioca pearl[s]”), from ? (bo1) transcribing English ball and ? (baa3, “chief, top”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?boba]
• Hyphenation: bo?ba

Noun

boba (plural boba-boba, first-person possessive bobaku, second-person possessive bobamu, third-person possessive bobanya)

1. (cooking) boba
   1. tapioca pearl.
   2. boba tea.

Further reading

• “boba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *b???b??. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *baba (“old woman”).

Noun

bóba f stress pattern 1

1. old woman
2. woman
3. wife

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, page 32
• “boba” in Lietuvi? kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomen? baz?

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?ba]

Noun

boba

1. genitive singular of bob
2. nominative dual of bob
3. accusative dual of bob

Portuguese

Adjective

boba

1. feminine singular of bobo

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

boba (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. genitive singular of bob

Spanish

Adjective

boba

1. feminine singular of bobo