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4-letter words (2 found)

BOAB,BOBA,

3-letter words (6 found)

ABB,ABO,BAO,BOA,BOB,OBA,

2-letter words (4 found)

AB,BA,BO,OB,

You can make 12 words from boba according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of boba

boba obba bboa bboa obba boba boab obab baob abob oabb aobb bbao bbao babo abbo babo abbo obab boab oabb aobb baob abob

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Definitions and meaning of boba

boba

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 波霸 (bōbà), from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “large breasts, tapioca pearls”), from 波 (bo1) transcribing English ball and 霸 (baa3, “chief, top”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈboʊ.bə/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊ.bə/

Noun

boba (countable and uncountable, plural bobas)

  1. Synonym of tapioca pearl.
  2. Short for boba tea.

See also

References

  • “boba, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2018.

Anagrams

  • abob, boab

Gagauz

Noun

boba

  1. father

Indonesian

Etymology

From English boba, from the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 波霸 (bōbà), from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “large breasts, tapioca pearls”), from 波 (bo1) transcribing English ball and 霸 (baa3, “chief, top”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈboba]
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ba

Noun

boba (plural boba-boba, first-person possessive bobaku, second-person possessive bobamu, third-person possessive bobanya)

  1. (cooking) boba
    1. tapioca pearl.
    2. boba tea.

Further reading

  • “boba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Alternative forms

  • bobba, bobbia

Etymology

Perhaps of Slavic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.ba/
  • Rhymes: -ɔba
  • Hyphenation: bò‧ba

Noun

boba f (plural bobe)

  1. slime, slush
    Synonyms: melma, poltiglia
  2. pigswill, slop
    Synonyms: brodaglia, sbobba
  3. (figurative) verbose, nonsensical writing

Further reading

  • boba2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Japanese

Romanization

boba

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぼば

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *baba (“old woman”).

Noun

bóba f stress pattern 1

  1. old woman
  2. woman
  3. wife

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 32
  • “boba”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

Livvi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbobɑ/
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ba
  • Rhymes: -obɑ

Noun

boba

  1. toy
  2. flower

Declension

References

  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) “boba”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 26

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɔba]

Noun

boba

  1. genitive singular of bob
  2. nominative dual of bob
  3. accusative dual of bob

Portuguese

Adjective

boba

  1. feminine singular of bobo

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

boba (Cyrillic spelling боба)

  1. genitive singular of bob

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboba/ [ˈbo.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -oba
  • Syllabification: bo‧ba

Etymology 1

See bobo.

Adjective

boba

  1. feminine singular of bobo

Noun

boba

  1. female equivalent of bobo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English boba, ultimately from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “large breasts, tapioca pearls”).

Noun

boba m (plural bobas)

  1. Synonym of perlas de tapioca
  2. Short for té de boba.

Further reading

“boba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish boba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboba/, [ˈbo.bɐ]
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ba

Adjective

boba (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊ)

  1. feminine of bobo: stupid; dumb

Noun

boba (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊ)

  1. female equivalent of bobo: stupid woman; foolish woman

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbo.ba/

Verb

boba

  1. (stative) to call, summon
    boba ti baba ― call your father

Conjugation

Alternative forms

  • buba

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[2], Pacific linguistics

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