oby

English

Noun

oby (plural obies)

1. Archaic form of obeah.

References

• “oby”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• BYO, Y. O. B., Y.O.B., YOB, YoB, boy, byo, yob

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɔˈβ̞ɨ]
• Rhymes: -ɨ
• Hyphenation: o‧by

Noun

oby (IIa class pluriform, absolute toby, R1 roby, R2 soby) (possessable)

1. green
2. blue

   Synonym: obyeté

3. purple

Adjective

oby (IIa class pluriform, R1 roby, R2 soby)

1. green
2. blue

   Synonym: obyeté

3. purple

Derived terms

• esaoby
• obyeté
• obykanugûá
• obymanisoba

 

See also

Colours in Old Tupi (layout · text)
Nouns	piranga／pyranga	îuba	oby      obyeté	tinga	una	tingaíba, pytanga
Adjectives	pirang／pyrang	îub		ting	un	tingaíb, pytang

Further reading

• Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos‎^[1] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “oby”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 355, column 2

Polish

Etymology

Univerbation of o by.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.bɨ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔbɨ
• Syllabification: o‧by

Particle

oby

1. hopefully, if only, let, may, had better

   Synonyms: bodaj, niech, niechaj

Declension

Combined forms of oby

	singular	plural
1st person	obym	obyśmy
2nd person	obyś	obyście
3rd person	oby	oby

Further reading

• oby in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• oby in Polish dictionaries at PWN