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English
Noun
obo
- Alternative form of ovoo (“Mongolian cairn”)
Derived terms
Phrase
obo
- (colloquial) Alternative letter-case form of OBO: or best offer
Anagrams
Bamu
Noun
obo
- water
- liquid
- tide
Derived terms
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Kerewo
Noun
obo
- water
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Noun
obo
- woman
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Luo
Noun
obo (plural oboye)
- lung
Manx
Etymology
Borrowed from English oboe.
Noun
obo m (genitive singular obo, plural oboghyn)
- oboe
Morigi
Noun
obo
- water
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Northeast Kiwai
Noun
obo
- (Gope, Urama) water
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Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
obo m (definite singular oboen, indefinite plural oboer, definite plural oboene)
- oboe
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
obo m (definite singular oboen, indefinite plural oboar, definite plural oboane)
- oboe
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Latin albus (“white”). Doublet of albo and álbum, both borrowings from Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈobo/
- Rhymes: -obo
- Syllabification: o‧bo
Adjective
obo (feminine oba)
- found in toponyms like Montovo, Torroba; compare Montalbo, Torralba
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English oboe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔobo/,
- Hyphenation: o‧bo
Noun
obo (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜓ)
- oboe
Xhosa
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Pronoun
ôbo
- that; class 14 distal demonstrative.
Yoruba
Etymology
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”)
Pronunciation
Noun
òbò
- (vulgar) vagina
- Synonyms: abẹ́, ẹ̀lẹ̀, ojú-ara
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References
- Adebayo, Taofeeq SOME DIACHRONIC CHANGES IN YORUBA GRAMMAR , 2020