oba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oba"

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Yoruba ọba.

Noun

oba (plural obas)

  1. A king of a Yoruba polity.

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

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”).[1] Compare, however, ova (“plains”).

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

oba (definite accusative obanı, plural obalar)

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

Declension

Declension of oba
singular plural
nominative obaobalar
definite accusative obanıobaları
dative obayaobalara
locative obadaobalarda
ablative obadanobalardan
definite genitive obanınobaların
Possessive forms of oba
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) obam obalarım
sənin (“your”) oban obaların
onun (“his/her/its”) obası obaları
bizim (“our”) obamız obalarımız
sizin (“your”) obanız obalarınız
onların (“their”) obası or obaları obaları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) obamı obalarımı
sənin (“your”) obanı obalarını
onun (“his/her/its”) obasını obalarını
bizim (“our”) obamızı obalarımızı
sizin (“your”) obanızı obalarınızı
onların (“their”) obasını or obalarını obalarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) obama obalarıma
sənin (“your”) obana obalarına
onun (“his/her/its”) obasına obalarına
bizim (“our”) obamıza obalarımıza
sizin (“your”) obanıza obalarınıza
onların (“their”) obasına or obalarına obalarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) obamda obalarımda
sənin (“your”) obanda obalarında
onun (“his/her/its”) obasında obalarında
bizim (“our”) obamızda obalarımızda
sizin (“your”) obanızda obalarınızda
onların (“their”) obasında or obalarında obalarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) obamdan obalarımdan
sənin (“your”) obandan obalarından
onun (“his/her/its”) obasından obalarından
bizim (“our”) obamızdan obalarımızdan
sizin (“your”) obanızdan obalarınızdan
onların (“their”) obasından or obalarından obalarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) obamın obalarımın
sənin (“your”) obanın obalarının
onun (“his/her/its”) obasının obalarının
bizim (“our”) obamızın obalarımızın
sizin (“your”) obanızın obalarınızın
onların (“their”) obasının or obalarının obalarının

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Nauka, page 400

Further reading

  • “oba” in Obastan.com.

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oba/
  • Audio:(file)

Pronoun

oba m (feminine/neuter obě)

  1. both

Declension

Declension of oba
plural
masculine feminine/neuter
nominative oba obě
genitive obou
dative oběma
accusative oba obě
locative obou
instrumental oběma

Further reading

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

Mutated forms of oba
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oba n-oba hoba not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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

Declension of oba
dual
masculine feminine/neuter
nominative oba obě
genitive obú
dative oběma
accusative oba obě
locative obú
instrumental oběma

Descendants

  • Czech: oba

References

Old High German

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Preposition

oba

  1. above

Adverb

oba

  1. above

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *jabai.

Conjunction

oba

  1. alternative form of ibu
Descendants

References

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

Old Polish

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *bʰóh₁der.
    Proto-Slavic *oba
    Old Polish oba

    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

    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

    Polish

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *bʰóh₁der.
      Proto-Slavic *oba
      Old Polish oba
      Polish oba

      Inherited from Old Polish oba.

      Pronunciation

       
      • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.ba/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Rhymes: -ɔba
      • Syllabification: o‧ba
      • Homophone: -oba

      Numeral

      oba (collective oboje)

      1. both
        Synonym: obydwa

      Declension

      Declension of oba (irregular)
      plural
      masculine personal masculine nonpersonal feminine neuter
      nominative obaj oba obie oba
      genitive obu, obóch
      dative obu, obom, obóm
      accusative obu, obóch oba obie oba
      instrumental oboma, obu obiema, oboma, obu oboma, obu
      locative obu, obóch

      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.[1]

      References

      1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “oba”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 298

      Further reading

      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

       
      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈo.bɐ/
        • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈo.ba/
      • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈo.bɐ/ [ˈo.βɐ]

      • 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

      Declension of oba
      m & n f *
      nominative ȍba ȍbje, ȍbe
      genitive obàjū obìjū, obѐjū
      dative obàma objèma, obèma
      accusative ȍba ȍbje, ȍbe
      vocative ȍba ȍbje, ȍbe
      locative obàma objèma, obèma
      instrumental obàma objèma, obèma
      * Feminine forms listed in Ijekavian and Ekavian pairs.

      Slovak

      Alternative forms

      • obidva

      Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oba.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [ˈɔba]

      Pronoun

      oba m inan

      1. both

      Declension

      Declension of obaja
      plural
      masculine feminine/neuter
      animate inanimate
      nominative obaja oba obe
      genitive oboch
      dative obom
      accusative oboch oba obe
      locative oboch
      instrumental oboma, obomi

      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

      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

      Declension of oba
      singular plural
      nominative oba obalar
      accusative obany obalary
      genitive obanyň obalaryň
      dative obā obalara
      locative obada obalarda
      ablative obadan obalardan

      Further reading

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

      Volapük

      Pronoun

      oba

      1. (possessive) (genitive singular of ob) my, of mine
        Synonym: obik
        • 1940, “Pro yunanef Nedänik”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, pages 30, 37:
          Ziom oba binom bumavan, bumom domis in zif.
          My uncle is an architect, he builds houses in the city.
        • 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:
          Blibolös nog boso! jimatan oba okömof onu.
          Please stay for a moment, my wife is coming right away.
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