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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

• obb.

Noun

obb

1. (music) Abbreviation of obbligato.

Anagrams

• BOB, Bob, bob

Manx

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish opaid, from Old Irish as·boind (“to refuse”).

Verb

obb (verbal noun obbal, present participle gobbal, past participle obbit)

1. deny, disclaim
2. abstain
3. refuse, decline, disavow, turn down
4. negate, denounce
5. forbid
6. (of a horse) jib
7. disown
8. refute, abnegate

Etymology 2

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

Noun

obb f (genitive singular obbee)

1. enchantment