obi

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʊbi/
• Rhymes: -oʊbi

Etymology 1

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Obi (sash)

Wikipedia

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Obi (publishing)

Wikipedia

From Japanese 帯 (obi, “belt”).

Noun

obi (plural obi or obis)

1. A sash worn with a kimono.
   • 1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha, Vintage, published 1998, page 29:

     The broad obi tied around her middle was orange and yellow. I'd never seen such elegant clothing.

   • 2001, Kikue Yamakawa, Kate Wildman Nakai, Women of the Mito Domain: Recollections of Samurai Family Life:

     They had known nothing of woolen cloth, but now the popularity of obi made of imported grogram spread like wildfire. This popularity produced various stories in its wake.

2. A strip of paper looped around a book or other product.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

obi (countable and uncountable, plural obis)

1. Alternative form of obeah

Anagrams

• BOI, Bio, Boi, IBO, IOB, Ibo, bio, bio-, bio., boi

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan olbi, from Latin alveus.

Noun

obi m (plural obis)

1. trough (container for feeding or watering animals)

   Synonym: com

2. u-shaped valley, trough valley, glacial trough

   Synonym: com

Etymology 2

Noun

obi m (plural obis)

1. obi (sash worn with a kimono)

Further reading

• “obi” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “obi”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “obi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese ouvir. Cognate with Kabuverdianu obi.

Verb

obi

1. to hear

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: obi
• Rhymes: -bi

Etymology 1

Clipping and -i diminutive of objektív (“camera lens”).

Noun

obi (plural obik)

1. (photography, informal) camera lens, photographic lens, objective

   Synonyms: objektív, optika

Declension

Etymology 2

Ob (“ Ob”) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Adjective

obi (not comparable)

1. of, from, or related to the river Ob or its watershed

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• Ob-Ugric languages (Wikipedia)

Igbo

Noun

óbi

1. The heart, the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body.
2. The location of feelings and intuitions.

References

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

obi

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 帯 (obi, “belt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.bi/
• Hyphenation: o‧bi

Noun

obi (first-person possessive obiku, second-person possessive obimu, third-person possessive obinya)

1. an obi (sash worn with a kimono)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 帯 (obi, “belt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.bi/
• Rhymes: -ɔbi
• Hyphenation: ò‧bi

Noun

obi m (invariable)

1. an obi (sash worn with a kimono)

See also

• chimono

Further reading

• obi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• -bio, bio, bio-

Japanese

Romanization

obi

1. Rōmaji transcription of おび

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

• uví (Barlavento)

Etymology

From Portuguese ouvir.

Verb

obi

1. (Sotavento) hear
2. (Sotavento) listen
3. (Sotavento) obey

References

• Brüser, Martina, dos Reis Santos, André, Lang, Jürgen (2002) Dicionário do Crioulo da Ilha de Santiago (Cabo Verde) : com equivalentes de tradução em alemão e português / Wörterbuch des Kreols der Insel Santiago (Kapverde), →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Latin

Verb

obī

1. second-person singular active imperative of obeō

Mansaka

Etymology

From ubi.

Noun

obi

1. yam

Volapük

Pronoun

obi

1. (accusative singular of ob) me

Yilan Creole

Etymology

From Japanese 帯 (obi, “obi; sash worn with kimono”).

Noun

obi

1. belt (clothing)

References

• 真田信治 (2015) “宜蘭クレオールにおけるsound substitutionについて ”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎

Yoruba

Etymology 1

From ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bí (“to give birth to”), literally “That who gives birth”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ò.bí/

Noun

òbí

1. (usually in the plural) parent

Etymology 2

Cognate with Itsekiri óbì, Igala óbì. Possible cognates include Nupe ebì, Aghem ébiá. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-bì. A common folk etymology used in traditional prayers identifies it as from o- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bì (“to remove, to spue”), literally “That which removes (impurities)”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ō.bì/

Noun

obì

1. kola nut

Derived terms

• olóbì

Related terms

• orógbó