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3-letter words (4 found)

ABO,BAO,BOA,OBA,

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Definitions and meaning of oba

oba

English

Alternative forms

  • ọba

Etymology

From Yoruba ọba.

Noun

oba (plural obas)

  1. A king of a Yoruba polity.

Derived terms

  • iyoba

Translations

References

  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “oba”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

  • Åbo, bao, AOB, boa, Abo, ABO, BAO, Boa, a.o.b., OAB, Bao, abo, A/B/O

Aklanon

Adjective

oba

  1. naked

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Cognates are found only in Oghuz languages, such as Turkmen ōba (“village”), Turkish oba (“large nomad tent; clan, tribe, village”). Compare, however, ova (“plains”).

Pronunciation

Noun

oba (definite accusative obanı, plural obalar)

  1. camp of nomads or herdsmen
  2. a small village or settlement
  3. (chiefly iran) yurt

Declension

Derived terms

  • el-oba

References

Further reading

  • “oba” in Obastan.com.

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech oba, from Proto-Slavic *oba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oba/

Pronoun

oba m (feminine/neuter obě)

  1. both

Declension

Further reading

  • “oba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “oba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “oba”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Guhu-Samane

Noun

oba

  1. water

References

  • Ritva Hemmilä, Orthography and Phonology Database: Islands and Momase Regions (Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1998), page 42, Guhu-Samane

Irish

Noun

oba

  1. Alternative form of hob

Mutation

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

oba

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おば

Laz

Noun

oba

  1. 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

  1. 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

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *oba, from Proto-Germanic *uba (“above”). Akin to ūf (“up”).

Alternative forms

  • ob

Preposition

oba

  1. above

Adverb

oba

  1. above

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *jabai.

Conjunction

oba

  1. Alternative form of ibu
Descendants
  • Middle High German: obe, ob, op
    • German: ob
    • Yiddish: אויב (oyb)

References

  • Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Old Polish

Etymology

    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

    1. both

    Descendants

    • 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, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (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 (possessable, IIe class pluriform, absolute soba, R1 roba, R2 soba)

    1. leaf (green, flat organ of most vegetative plants)

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: awa

    Polish

    Etymology

      Inherited from Old Polish oba.

      Pronunciation

      • Rhymes: -ɔba
      • Syllabification: o‧ba
      • Homophone: -oba

      Numeral

      oba (collective oboje)

      1. 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
      • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “oba”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
      • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “oba”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 433

      Portuguese

      Etymology

      Ultimately a natural exclamation. Alternatively, owing to its phonology, likely from an African language (like Kimbundu), in which it might have had a specific meaning, such as “great!” or “wonderful!”, before entering this language as a simple expressive word.

      Pronunciation

      • Hyphenation: o‧ba

      Interjection

      oba

      1. (colloquial, 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 spelling о̏ба)

      1. 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

      oba m inan

      1. 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, 2003–2025

      Spanish

      Adjective

      oba f

      1. feminine singular of obo

      Turkish

      Etymology

      From Ottoman Turkish اوبه (“large tent; nomad family”). Cognate with Azerbaijani oba, Turkmen ōba (“village”).

      Noun

      oba (definite accusative obayı, plural obalar)

      1. 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

      Turkmen

      Etymology

      Cognate with Azerbaijani and Turkish oba.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /oːˈbɑ/ (nominative)
      • IPA(key): /oːˈbɑː/ (dative)
      • Rhymes: -ɑ, -ɑː
      • Hyphenation: o‧ba

      Adjective

      obā (comparative obarak, superlative iň oba)

      1. rural, agricultural

      Noun

      obā (definite accusative obany, plural obālar)

      1. village

      Declension

      Further reading

      • “oba” in Webonary.org
      • “oba” in Enedilim.com

      Volapük

      Pronoun

      oba

      1. (possessive) (genitive singular of ob) my, of mine
        Synonym: obik

      Source: wiktionary.org