different between obia vs obeah
obia
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??bi?
Noun
obia (uncountable)
- Alternative form of obeah
Anagrams
- BOIA, Biao, abio-
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obeah
English
Alternative forms
- obe, obea, obi, obia, oby
Etymology
Origin uncertain; apparently from a Caribbean creole, probably ultimately from a West African language. The Oxford English Dictionary points to Igbo abià (“knowledge, wisdom”), obìa (“doctor, healer”).
Pronunciation
- (Caribbean) IPA(key): /?obia/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???b??/
- Hyphenation: o?be?ah
Noun
obeah (countable and uncountable, plural obeahs)
- A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean.
- A magician or witch doctor of the magic craft.
- A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell.
Verb
obeah (third-person singular simple present obeahs, present participle obeahing, simple past and past participle obeahed)
- (transitive) To bewitch using this kind of folk magic.
- 1906 December – 1907 May, Isabella S. Abel, “The Obeah-man”, in The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women, volume XXV, London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C., published 1907, OCLC 224679211, page 392:
- A poor old woman who thinks she has been Obeahed lies ill in an isolated hut on the short cut to New Castle. I discovered her while out shooting, and promised to send her medical aid. Her case is pressing.
- 1906 December – 1907 May, Isabella S. Abel, “The Obeah-man”, in The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women, volume XXV, London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C., published 1907, OCLC 224679211, page 392:
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Anagrams
- bohea
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