tobe

See also: Tobe, tobě, -to-be, and to-be

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təʊb/

Noun

tobe (plural tobes)

1. A cotton garment worn in parts of northern Africa.
   • 1889, Edinburgh Review, page 391:

     It consists, for men and women alike, of a ‘tobe,’ or straight piece of cotton cloth (printed, or white with a crimson border), two breadths wide, and some twelve feet long, draped in graceful folds about the body, and fastened on the left shoulder.

   • 2010, Leila Aboulela, Lyrics Alley, page 4:

     She loved travelling to Egypt, and how she didn’t have to wear a tobe in Cairo.

Anagrams

• Beto, Tebo, beot, boet, bote

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Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• töbe (Bern)

Etymology

From Middle High German toben, from Old High German tobēn, tobōn from Proto-West Germanic *dobēn. Cognate with German toben, Middle Low German dōven.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtob̥ə/

Verb

tobe (third-person singular simple present tobet, past participle tobet, auxiliary haa)

1. to rage, rave, rampage (of a child, a person)

   Dr Goof isch nur am tobe.

   The unruly child does nothing but rage.

2. to bluster, rampage (of a wind, the weather)

   Dusse tobt dr Wind.

   The wind blusters outside.

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Estonian

Etymology

From , probably onomatopoeic (compare dialectal Finnish topo). See also tobi, töbi, topakas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtob̥e/, [ˈtob̥e̞]
• Rhymes: -obe
• Hyphenation: to‧be

Adjective

tobe (genitive tobeda, partitive tobedat, comparative tobedam, superlative kõige tobedam or tobedaim)

1. unintelligent, ignorant, foolish, stupid, dumb; simple-minded, inexperienced

   Kuidas nad võivad olla nii tobedad, et usuvad seda udujuttu?

   How can they be so ignorant as to believe that?

   Lammas pole üldsegi kõige tobedam loom.

   The sheep is not the dumbest animal.

2. silly, dumb, unreasonable

   tobe küsimus ― a silly question

   Levib igasuguseid tobedaid kuulujutte.

   There are all sorts of silly rumours going around.

   Film tundus erakordselt tobe.

   The film seemed exceptionally dumb.

Declension

Declension of tobe (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tobe	tobedad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	tobeda
genitive			tobedate
partitive		tobedat	tobedaid
illative		tobedasse	tobedatesse tobedaisse
inessive		tobedas	tobedates tobedais
elative		tobedast	tobedatest tobedaist
allative		tobedale	tobedatele tobedaile
adessive		tobedal	tobedatel tobedail
ablative		tobedalt	tobedatelt tobedailt
translative		tobedaks	tobedateks tobedaiks
terminative		tobedani	tobedateni
essive		tobedana	tobedatena
abessive		tobedata	tobedateta
comitative		tobedaga	tobedatega

Derived terms

• tobedus
• tobedalt

See also

• tobu

References

• tobe in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “tobe”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

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German

Pronunciation

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Verb

tobe

1. inflection of toben:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative