oby
English
Noun
oby (plural obies)
- Archaic form of obeah.
References
- “oby”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Old Tupi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɔˈβ̞ɨ]
- Rhymes: -ɨ
- Hyphenation: o‧by
Noun
oby (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute toby, R1 roby, R2 soby)
Adjective
oby (IIa class pluriform, R1 roby, R2 soby, noun form oby)
Declension
Declension of oby (IIa pluriform, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
| Causative | mooby | |||||
| Deadjectivals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -ba'e | sobyba'e | |||||
| -sab(a) | obŷaba / obysaba | |||||
| Singular | Singular & Plural | Plural | ||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person exclusive | 1st person inclusive | 2nd person | |
| Adjectival forms | ||||||
| Active | ||||||
| Indicative | xe roby | nde roby | soby | oré roby | îandé roby | pe roby |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Permissive | ta xe roby | ta nde roby | ta soby | t'oré roby | t'îandé roby | ta pe roby |
| Negative indicative | na xe robyî | na nde robyî | na sobyî | n'oré robyî | n'îandé robyî | na pe robyî |
| Negative imperative | nde roby umẽ | pe roby umẽ | ||||
| Negative permissive | ta xe roby umẽ | ta nde roby umẽ | ta soby umẽ | t'oré roby umẽ | t'îandé roby umẽ | ta pe roby umẽ |
| Gerund | ||||||
| Affirmative | xe robyramo | nde robyramo | o obyramo | oré robyramo | îandé robyramo | pe robyramo |
| Negative | xe robye'ymamo | nde robye'ymamo | o obye'ymamo | oré robye'ymamo | îandé robye'ymamo | pe robye'ymamo |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Affirmative | oby | |||||
| Negative | obye'yma | |||||
| Circumstantial | ||||||
| Affirmative | same as gerund1 | |||||
| xe robyû2 | sobyû2 | oré robyû2 | îandé robyû2 | |||
| Negative | same as gerund1 | |||||
| xe robye'ymi2 | sobye'ymi2 | oré robye'ymi2 | îandé robye'ymi2 | |||
| 1South Tupi 2North Tupi | ||||||
Derived terms
See also
| Colors in Old Tupi (layout · text) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nouns | piranga | îuba, tagûá (LGA) | oby | obyeté | *umbyka | morotinga, tinga | una, pyxuna (LGA) | tingaíba, pytanga / pyxanga |
| Adjectives | pirang | îub, tagûá (LGA) | *umbyk | moroting, ting | un, pyxun (LGA) | tingaíb, pytang / pyxang | ||
Further reading
- Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts][1] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “oby”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 355, column 2
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.bɘ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔbɘ
- Syllabification: o‧by
Particle
oby
Declension
Combined forms of oby