obo

obo

1. Alternative form of ovoo (“Mongolian cairn”)

• Bayan Obo

obo

1. (colloquial) Alternative letter-case form of OBO: or best offer

• OOB, boo, -boo, OoB, Boo

obo

1. water
2. liquid
3. tide

• koko obo

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67 (confirms this form is used in the Bamu, Pirupiru, and Sisiame dialects)
• Chris and Phil Carr, Bamu Dictionary (2012)

obo

1. water

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
• Oroa buka: Kerewo wade via bohoboho wade = A book of stories in Kerewo and English (2010), first edition (SIL)

obo

1. woman

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 15
• Kerewo Organised Phonology Data

obo (plural oboye)

1. lung

Borrowed from English oboe.

obo m (genitive singular obo, plural oboghyn)

1. oboe

obo

1. water

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

obo

1. (Gope, Urama) water

• o'obó (Arigibi)
• o'bó (Gibaio)

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

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obo m (definite singular oboen, indefinite plural oboer, definite plural oboene)

1. oboe

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obo m (definite singular oboen, indefinite plural oboar, definite plural oboane)

1. oboe

• ovo

Inherited from Latin albus (“white”). Doublet of albo and álbum, both borrowings from Latin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈobo/
• Rhymes: -obo
• Syllabification: o‧bo

obo (feminine oba)

1. found in toponyms like Montovo, Torroba; compare Montalbo, Torralba

• “obo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Borrowed from English oboe.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔobo/
• Rhymes: -obo
• Syllabification: o‧bo

obo (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜓ)

1. oboe

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key):

ôbo

1. that; class 14 distal demonstrative.

From Proto-Yoruboid *ò-bò, perhaps from ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bò (“to cover”), literally “That which covers”, which is said to come from a verb referring to a woman's sexual position during sex. Cognate with Igala òbù. Compare with abo (“female”)

• IPA^(key): /ò.bò/

òbò

1. (vulgar) vagina

   Synonyms: abẹ́, ẹ̀lẹ̀, ojú-ara

• okó

• obìnrin (“woman”)

• Adebayo, Taofeeq SOME DIACHRONIC CHANGES IN YORUBA GRAMMAR , 2020