different between obi vs omi

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

• homee, homie, omee

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Italian uomo (“man”).

Noun

omi (plural omis)

1. (Polari) man, bloke

Derived terms

• charpering omi, feely-omi, omi-palone, palone-omi

Anagrams

• IMO, IOM, Imo, MOI, Mio, imo, mo'i, moi

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -omi

Verb

omi

1. Third person singular indicative past form of omia.
2. Indicative present connegative form of omia.
3. Second person singular imperative present form of omia.
4. Second person singular imperative present connegative form of omia.

Anagrams

• moi

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese homem. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ómi.

Noun

omi

1. man (adult male)

Japanese

Romanization

omi

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Venetian

Noun

omi

1. plural of omo

Volapük

Pronoun

omi

1. (accusative singular of om) him

Yoruba

Noun

omi

1. water

References

• Dictionary of the Yoruba Language (1913)
• J. S. Olaoye, Principles and Concepts of Yoruba Language (2012)