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Yes. The word obi is a Scrabble US word. The word obi is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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3-letter words (3 found)

BIO,BOI,OBI,

2-letter words (5 found)

BI,BO,IO,OB,OI,

You can make 8 words from obi according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of obi

obi boi oib iob bio ibo

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Definitions and meaning of obi

obi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoʊbi/
  • Rhymes: -oʊbi

Etymology 1

From Japanese 帯 (obi, “belt”).

Noun

obi (plural obi or obis)

  1. A sash worn with a kimono.
  2. A strip of paper looped around a book or other product.
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

obi (countable and uncountable, plural obis)

  1. Alternative form of obeah

Anagrams

  • BOI, Bio, Boi, IBO, IOB, Ibo, bio, bio-, bio., boi

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈɔ.βi]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈɔ.bi]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan olbi, from Latin alveus.

Noun

obi m (plural obis)

  1. trough (container for feeding or watering animals)
    Synonym: com
  2. u-shaped valley, trough valley, glacial trough
    Synonym: com

Etymology 2

Noun

obi m (plural obis)

  1. obi (sash worn with a kimono)

Further reading

  • “obi” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • “obi”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “obi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese ouvir. Cognate with Kabuverdianu obi.

Verb

obi

  1. to hear

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈobi]
  • Hyphenation: obi
  • Rhymes: -bi

Etymology 1

Clipping and -i diminutive of objektív (“camera lens”).

Noun

obi (plural obik)

  1. (photography, informal) camera lens, photographic lens, objective
    Synonyms: objektív, optika
Declension

Etymology 2

Ob (“[the river] Ob”) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Adjective

obi (not comparable)

  1. of, from, or related to the river Ob or its watershed
Declension
Derived terms

Further reading

  • Ob-Ugric languages (Wikipedia)

Igbo

Noun

óbi

  1. The heart, the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body.
  2. The location of feelings and intuitions.

References

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 帯 (obi, “belt”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.bi/
  • Hyphenation: o‧bi

Noun

obi (first-person possessive obiku, second-person possessive obimu, third-person possessive obinya)

  1. an obi (sash worn with a kimono)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 帯 (obi, “belt”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.bi/
  • Rhymes: -ɔbi
  • Hyphenation: ò‧bi

Noun

obi m (invariable)

  1. an obi (sash worn with a kimono)

See also

  • chimono

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • -bio, bio, bio-

Japanese

Romanization

obi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おび

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

  • uví (Barlavento)

Etymology

From Portuguese ouvir.

Verb

obi

  1. (Sotavento) hear
  2. (Sotavento) listen
  3. (Sotavento) obey

References

  • Brüser, Martina, dos Reis Santos, André, Lang, Jürgen (2002) Dicionário do Crioulo da Ilha de Santiago (Cabo Verde) : com equivalentes de tradução em alemão e português / Wörterbuch des Kreols der Insel Santiago (Kapverde), →ISBN
  • Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Latin

Verb

obī

  1. second-person singular active imperative of obeō

Mansaka

Etymology

From ubi.

Noun

obi

  1. yam

Volapük

Pronoun

obi

  1. (accusative singular of ob) me

Yilan Creole

Etymology

From Japanese 帯 (obi, “obi; sash worn with kimono”).

Noun

obi

  1. belt (clothing)

References

  • 真田信治 [Shinji Sanada] (2015) “宜蘭クレオールにおけるsound substitutionについて [On the sound substitution of Yilan Creole]”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[2]

Yoruba

Etymology 1

From ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bí (“to give birth to”), literally “That who gives birth”.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ò.bí/

Noun

òbí

  1. (usually in the plural) parent

Etymology 2

Cognate with Itsekiri óbì, Igala óbì. Possible cognates include Nupe ebì, Aghem ébiá. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-bì. A common folk etymology used in traditional prayers identifies it as from o- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bì (“to remove, to spue”), literally “That which removes (impurities)”

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ō.bì/

Noun

obì

  1. kola nut
Derived terms
  • olóbì
Related terms
  • orógbó

Source: wiktionary.org