obda

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish obra.

Noun

obda

  1. work

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian obbidiri, ubbidiri and/or Italian obbedire, ubbidire, both from Latin oboedire. The Maltese imperfect tense looks like a native form, whence the Semitic (alternative) past participle. The regularisation of the past tense into *beda was hindered by the unrelated beda (to begin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔb.da/

Verb

obda (imperfect jobdi, past participle obdut or mobdi)

  1. to obey

Conjugation

Conjugation of obda (i-type unadapted loan)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m obdejt obdejt obda obdejna obdejtu obdew
f obdiet
imperfect m nobdi tobdi jobdi nobdu tobdu jobdu
f tobdi
imperative obdi obdu
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m obdejtx obdejtx obda obdejniex obdejtux obdewx
f obdietx
imperfect m nobdix tobdix jobdix nobdux tobdux jobdux
f tobdix
imperative tobdix tobdux
  • ubbidjent (obbedjent)
  • ubbidjenza (obbedjenza)