boba

See also: bộ ba and боба

English

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 波霸 (bōbà), from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “breast[s], tapioca pearl[s]”), from 波 (bo1) transcribing English ball and 霸 (baa3, “chief, top”).

Noun

boba (countable and uncountable, plural bobas)

1. Synonym of tapioca pearl.
2. Short for boba tea.

References

• “boba, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2018.

Anagrams

• abob, boab

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *baba (“old woman”).

Noun

bóba f stress pattern 1

1. old woman
2. woman
3. wife

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 32
• “boba”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔba]

Noun

boba

1. genitive singular of bob
2. nominative dual of bob
3. accusative dual of bob

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Portuguese

Adjective

boba

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective bobo.

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

boba (Cyrillic spelling боба)

1. genitive singular of bob

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Spanish

Adjective

boba

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective bobo.