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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Yoruba ọba.

Noun

oba (plural obas)

  1. A king of a Yoruba polity.

Derived terms

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”). Compare, however, ova (“plains”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

oba (definite accusative obanı, plural obalar)

  1. camp of nomads or herdsmen
  2. a small village or settlement

Declension

    Declension of oba
singular plural
nominative oba
 obalar
definite accusative obanı
 obaları
dative obaya
 obalara
locative obada
 obalarda
ablative obadan
 obalardan
definite genitive obanın
 obaların
    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

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

  • oba in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • oba in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • oba in Internetová jazyková příručka

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

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oba n-oba hoba not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

oba

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おば

Laz

Noun

oba (Khopa)

  1. Latin spelling of ობა (oba)

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oba.

Pronunciation

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

Akin to ūf

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

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

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

Noun

oba (IIe class pluriform, absolute soba, R1 roba, R2 soba) (possessable)

  1. leaf (green, flat organ of most vegetative plants)

Descendants

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish oba.

Pronunciation

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.

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

  • oba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • oba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “oba”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • “OBA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2018 July 1
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “oba”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “oba”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “oba”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 433

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: o‧ba

Interjection

oba

  1. (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.

Related terms

Slovak

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oba.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

oba m inan

  1. both

Declension

Declension of obaja
plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine/neuter
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, 2024

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

Volapük

Pronoun

oba

  1. (possessive) (genitive singular of ob) my, of mine
    Synonym: obik
Wikious
Boobota
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