different between ovate vs obo

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???ve?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?ve?t/

Etymology 1

oval + -ate, from Latin ovatus.

Adjective

ovate (comparative more ovate, superlative most ovate)

1. Shaped like an egg.
2. (botany, of leaves) With the broadest extremity near the base.

Synonyms

• egg-shaped
• ovoid

Derived terms

• obovate

Translations

Etymology 2

See vates

Noun

ovate (plural ovates)

1. An Irish bard.
2. A member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.
3. A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod.

Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected form of ov?tus, perfect passive participle of ov? (“rejoice, applaud”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /o?u?a?.te/, [??u?ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o?va.te/, [??v??t??]

Participle

ov?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ov?tus

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ?v?tus, from ?vum (“egg”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /o??u?a?.te/, [o??u?ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o?va.te/, [??v??t??]

Adjective

?v?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?v?tus

English

Noun

obo

1. Alternative form of ovoo (“Mongolian cairn”)

Phrase

obo

1. (colloquial) Alternative letter-case form of OBO: or best offer

Anagrams

• Boo, OOB, OoB, boo

Bamu

Noun

obo

1. water
2. liquid
3. tide

Derived terms

• koko obo

References

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67 (confirms this form is used in the Bamu, Pirupiru, and Sisiame dialects)
• Chris and Phil Carr, Bamu Dictionary (2012)

Kerewo

Noun

obo

1. water

References

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
• Oroa buka: Kerewo wade via bohoboho wade = A book of stories in Kerewo and English (2010), first edition (SIL)

Noun

obo

1. woman

References

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 15
• Kerewo Organised Phonology Data

Luo

Noun

obo (plural oboye)

1. lung

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English oboe.

Noun

obo m (genitive singular obo, plural oboghyn)

1. oboe

Morigi

Noun

obo

1. water

References

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

Northeast Kiwai

Noun

obo

1. (Gope, Urama) water

Synonyms

• o'obó (Arigibi)
• o'bó (Gibaio)

References

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

obo m (definite singular oboen, indefinite plural oboer, definite plural oboene)

1. an oboe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

obo m (definite singular oboen, indefinite plural oboar, definite plural oboane)

1. an oboe

Xhosa

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ô??o]

Pronoun

ôbo

1. that; class 14 distal demonstrative.