Cognates are found only in Oghuz languages, such as Turkmenōba(“village”), Turkishoba(“large nomad tent; clan, tribe, village”). Compare, however, ova(“plains”).
Pronunciation
Noun
oba (definite accusativeobanı, pluralobalar)
camp of nomads or herdsmen
a small village or settlement
Declension
Derived terms
el-oba
References
Further reading
“oba” in Obastan.com.
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czechoba, from Proto-Slavic*oba.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /oba/
Pronoun
obam (feminine/neuterobě)
both
Declension
Further reading
oba in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
oba in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
oba in Internetová jazyková příručka
Guhu-Samane
Noun
oba
water
References
Ritva Hemmilä, Orthography and Phonology Database: Islands and Momase Regions (Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1998), page 42, Guhu-Samane
Irish
Noun
oba
Alternative form of hob
Mutation
Further reading
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Japanese
Romanization
oba
Rōmaji transcription of おば
Laz
Noun
oba(Khopa)
Latin spelling of ობა(oba)
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic*oba.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (13th CE)/ˈoba/
IPA(key): (15th CE)/ˈoba/
Numeral
oba
both
Declension
Descendants
Czech: oba
References
Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “oba”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Inherited from Proto-Slavic*oba. First attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (10th–15th CE)/ɔba/
IPA(key): (15th CE)/ɔba/
Numeral
oba
both
Descendants
Masurian: ôba
Polish: oba
Silesian: ôba
References
Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “oba”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
Mańczak, Witold (2017) “oba”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “oba”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “oba”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Old Tupi
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɔ.βa/
Rhymes: -ɔβa
Hyphenation: o‧ba
Noun
oba (IIe class pluriform, absolutesoba, R1roba, R2soba)(possessable)
leaf (green, flat organ of most vegetative plants)
Descendants
Nheengatu: awa
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polishoba.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɔ.ba/
(Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.ba/
Rhymes: -ɔba
Syllabification: o‧ba
Numeral
oba (collectiveoboje)
both
Synonym:obydwa
Declension
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), oba is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 35 times in scientific texts, 47 times in news, 26 times in essays, 48 times in fiction, and 14 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 170 times, making it the 338th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
References
Further reading
oba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
oba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “oba”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
“OBA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2018 July 1
Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “oba”, in Słownik języka polskiego[2]
Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “oba”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[3]
J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “oba”, in Słownik języka polskiego[4] (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 433
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: o‧ba
Interjection
oba
(usually childish) whee; yay (expression of pleasure or enjoyment)
Synonyms:iúpi, eba
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic*oba.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ôba/
Hyphenation: o‧ba
Numeral
ȍba (Cyrillic spellingо̏ба)
both (for masculine and neuter pairs)
Synonym:ȍbadvā
Declension
Related terms
ȍbje/ȍbe(for feminine pairs)
ȍboje(for mixed pairs)
obòjica
Slovak
Alternative forms
obidva
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic*oba.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈɔba]
Pronoun
obam inan
both
Declension
Further reading
“oba”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
Adjective
obaf
feminine singular of obo
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkishاوبه(“large tent; nomad family”). Cognate with Azerbaijanioba, Turkmenōba(“village”).
Noun
oba (definite accusativeobayı, pluralobalar)
clan, tribe, village
References
oba, Nisanyan, Turkish Etymological Dictionary
*ōpa, *ṓp`V in Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Volapük
Pronoun
oba
(possessive) (genitive singular of ob) my, of mine