different between obi vs obs

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

• obs. (especially in the sense "obsolete")

Etymology 1

Adjective

obs

1. Abbreviation of obsolete (as a gloss for words in dictionaries)
2. Abbreviation of observed

Noun

obs pl (plural only)

1. (medicine) Observation(s) (blood pressure, temperature, etc).

Etymology 2

Noun

obs (uncountable)

1. (slang) police observation

   Synonym: obbo

   • 2017, Jimmy Donnelly, Jimmy The Weed: Inside the Quality Street Gang

     But I now knew I was under obs by the Gardai as well as by GMP.

   • 2018, Paige Elizabeth Turner, Clock Face of Ills

     Had you under obs for three weeks.

2. An observation hut.

Etymology 3

Noun

obs

1. plural of ob

Anagrams

• BOS, BSO, Bos., OSB, SOB, bos, sob

Danish

Verb

obs

1. Abbreviation of observér (“nota bene”).

Adjective

obs

1. (predicative, chiefly with på) attentive, careful

Proper noun

obs

1. Acronym of Oplysninger til Borgerne om Samfundet.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ps/
• Hyphenation: obs

Etymology 1

ob +? es

Contraction

obs

1. Contraction of ob es.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

obs

1. singular imperative of obsen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of obsen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Clipping of observant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ps/, /?ps/ (examples of pronunciation)

Adjective

obs (singular and plural obs)

1. (predicative, chiefly with på) attentive, aware, careful

References

• “obs” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• bos, obs.

Swedish

Verb

obs

1. Abbreviation of observera (“nota bene”).

Anagrams

• bos

Volapük

Pronoun

obs

1. we (first-person plural, nominative) (nominative plural of ob)