different between obi vs oba

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?bi/

Etymology 1

From Japanese ? (obi, “belt”).

Noun

obi (plural obi or obis)

1. A sash worn with a kimono.
   • 1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha (Vintage 1998, p. 29)

     The broad obi tied around her middle was orange and yellow. I'd never seen such elegant clothing.
2. A strip of paper looped around a book or other product.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

obi (countable and uncountable, plural obis)

1. Alternative form of obeah

Anagrams

• BOI, Bio, Boi, IBO, IOB, Ibo, bio, bio-, bio., boi

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin alveus.

Noun

obi m (plural obis)

1. a trough (container for feeding or watering animals)

Synonyms

• cóm

Further reading

• “obi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese ouvir. Cognate with Kabuverdianu obi.

Verb

obi

1. to hear

Hungarian

Etymology

Shortened from objektív (“camera lens”) +? -i (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?obi]
• Hyphenation: obi
• Rhymes: -bi

Noun

obi (plural obik)

1. (photography, slang) camera lens, photographic lens, objective

   Synonyms: objektív, optika

Declension

Igbo

Noun

óbi

1. The heart, the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body.
2. The location of feelings and intuitions.

References

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ? (obi, “belt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.bi/
• Hyphenation: o?bi

Noun

obi (first-person possessive obiku, second-person possessive obimu, third-person possessive obinya)

1. an obi (sash worn with a kimono)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ? (obi, “belt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.bi/
• Rhymes: -?bi
• Hyphenation: ò?bi

Noun

obi m (invariable)

1. an obi (sash worn with a kimono)

See also

• chimono

References

• obi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Japanese

Romanization

obi

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese ouvir.

Alternative forms

• uví (Barlavento)

Verb

obi

1. (Sotavento) hear
2. (Sotavento) listen
3. (Sotavento) obey

References

• Brüser, Martina; dos Reis Santos, André; Lang, Jürgen (2002) Dicionário do Crioulo da Ilha de Santiago (Cabo Verde) : com equivalentes de tradução em alemão e português / Wörterbuch des Kreols der Insel Santiago (Kapverde), ?ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Latin

Verb

ob?

1. second-person singular active imperative of obe?

Volapük

Pronoun

obi

1. (accusative singular of ob) me

Yoruba

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

òbí

1. parents

Etymology 2

Cognate with Nupe ebi, Aghem ébiá.

Noun

obì

1. kola nut

English

Alternative forms

• ?ba

Etymology

From Yoruba ?ba.

Noun

oba (plural obas)

1. A king of a Yoruba polity.

Derived terms

• iyoba

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “oba”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• A/B/O, ABO, AOB, Abo, BAO, Bao, OAB, a.o.b., abo, bao, boa

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *oba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oba/

Pronoun

oba m, ob? f or n

1. both

Declension

Further reading

• oba in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• oba in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Guhu-Samane

Noun

oba

1. water

References

• Ritva Hemmilä, Orthography and Phonology Database: Islands and Momase Regions (Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1998), page 42, Guhu-Samane

Irish

Noun

oba

1. Alternative form of hob

Mutation

Further reading

• "oba" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Japanese

Romanization

oba

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Old High German

Etymology 1

Akin to ?f

Preposition

oba

1. above

Adverb

oba

1. above

Etymology 2

Proto-Germanic *jabai

Conjunction

oba

1. Alternative form of ibu

References

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *oba.

Alternative forms

• obydwa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.ba/

Numeral

oba

1. both

Declension

See also

• oboje (collective)

Further reading

• oba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Interjection

oba

1. (usually childish) whee; yay (expression of pleasure or enjoyment)

   Synonyms: iúpi, eba

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *oba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ôba/
• Hyphenation: o?ba

Noun

?ba m or n (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. both (for masculine and neuter pairs)

Declension

Related terms

• ?bje/?be (for feminine pairs)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (“large tent; nomad family”), from Proto-Turkic *?pa (“village, clan”). Cognate with Turkmen ?ba.

Noun

oba (definite accusative obay?, plural obalar)

1. clan, tribe, village

References

• oba, Nisanyan, Turkish Etymological Dictionary
• *?pa, *?p`V in Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Volapük

Pronoun

oba

1. (possessive) (genitive singular of ob) my, of mine

   Synonym: obik