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

Gullah

Alternative forms

  • obuh

Etymology

From English over.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.bə/, /o.bɒ/

Preposition

oba

  1. over
  2. above

References

  • De Nyew Testament‎[1], Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., 2025
  • Virginia Mixson Geraty, Gulluh fuh oonuh: Gullah for You (1997)


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

    Etymology

  • Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *oβ.

    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)
      Synonym: ka'a

    Usage notes

    Some 18th century sources seem to restrict its usage to tree leaves, using ka'a for herbs.[1][2] Modern Nheengatu uses awa for any leaf nonetheless.

    • 'ysokoba
    • anhumatiroba
    • karaobamirĩ
    • ob
    • pakoba
    • paîemarĩoba
    • piraroba
    • potisoba

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Arronches, João de (1739), “FOLHA DE ARVORE [tree leaf]”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi [The language's notebook or Portuguese-Tupi vocabulary]”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI, São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 187: “çóba [soba]”
    2. ^ anonymous author (c. 1757), “Folha de arvore”, in [Vocabulario Portuguez–Brasilico] [Brazilian-Portuguese Vocabulary] (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Ernesto Ferreira França, compiler, Chrestomathia da lingua brazilica [Chrestomathy of the Brazilian language], Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1859, page 70: “joba [i oba[?]]”
    • anonymous author (1622), “Folha de qualquer aruore ou erua [Leaf of any tree or herb]”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 141: “Çoba [Soba]”
    • Meisterburg, Anton [attributed] (a. 1756), “Folha qlq͡r [Any leaf]”, in [Dicionário de Trier] [Dictionary from Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Old Tupi), Baixo Xingu; Pará, line çóba. çóva; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica [Língua Geral Amazônica Dictionary], Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI: “soba”

    Further reading

    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

    Declension

    Declension of oba
    singular plural
    nominative oba obalar
    definite accusative obayı obaları
    dative obaya obalara
    locative obada obalarda
    ablative obadan obalardan
    genitive obanın obaların
    Possessive forms
    nominative
    singular plural
    1st singular obam obalarım
    2nd singular oban obaların
    3rd singular obası obaları
    1st plural obamız obalarımız
    2nd plural obanız obalarınız
    3rd plural obaları obaları
    definite accusative
    singular plural
    1st singular obamı obalarımı
    2nd singular obanı obalarını
    3rd singular obasını obalarını
    1st plural obamızı obalarımızı
    2nd plural obanızı obalarınızı
    3rd plural obalarını obalarını
    dative
    singular plural
    1st singular obama obalarıma
    2nd singular obana obalarına
    3rd singular obasına obalarına
    1st plural obamıza obalarımıza
    2nd plural obanıza obalarınıza
    3rd plural obalarına obalarına
    locative
    singular plural
    1st singular obamda obalarımda
    2nd singular obanda obalarında
    3rd singular obasında obalarında
    1st plural obamızda obalarımızda
    2nd plural obanızda obalarınızda
    3rd plural obalarında obalarında
    ablative
    singular plural
    1st singular obamdan obalarımdan
    2nd singular obandan obalarından
    3rd singular obasından obalarından
    1st plural obamızdan obalarımızdan
    2nd plural obanızdan obalarınızdan
    3rd plural obalarından obalarından
    genitive
    singular plural
    1st singular obamın obalarımın
    2nd singular obanın obalarının
    3rd singular obasının obalarının
    1st plural obamızın obalarımızın
    2nd plural obanızın obalarınızın
    3rd plural obalarının obalarının
    Predicative forms
    singular plural
    1st singular obayım obalarım
    2nd singular obasın obalarsın
    3rd singular oba
    obadır     		obalar
    obalardır
    1st plural obayız obalarız
    2nd plural obasınız obalarsınız
    3rd plural obalar obalardır

    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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