koba

See also: kōba

English

Noun

koba (plural kobas)

1. Alternative form of kob (kind of antelope)

Anagrams

• Boak, boak, boka

Basque

Noun

koba ?

1. cave
2. cavern

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese cavar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu koba.

Verb

koba

1. to dig

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese cavar.

Verb

koba

1. to dig

Lingala

Verb

-koba (infinitive kokoba)

1. to paint

Malagasy

Noun

koba

1. flour
2. dough

Maranao

Noun

koba

1. grave

References

• Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎^[1] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

Marshallese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [koːbˠɑ], (enunciated) [ko pˠɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kewpˠæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {kȩwbah}

Verb

koba

1. to add
2. to cohabit
3. to put together
4. to get together
5. to betroth
6. to combine
7. to be engaged
8. to incorporate
9. to integrate
10. to involve
11. to join
12. to be merged
13. to mingle
14. plus
15. sum
16. to be unified
17. to unite

Synonyms

• (Ratak) bae

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [kɔːbˠɑ], (enunciated) [kɔ pˠɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kɛwpˠæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {kewbah}

Noun

koba

1. (Rālik) bamboo

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Negeri Sembilan Malay

Etymology

From Malay khabar, from Arabic خَبَر.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ba/
• Hyphenation: ko‧ba

Verb

koba

1. to inform; to say

Old Czech

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle High German koppe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkoba/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈkoba/

Noun

koba f

1. raven

Declension

Declension of koba (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	koba	kobě	koby
genitive	koby	kobú	kob
dative	kobě	kobama	kobám
accusative	kobu	kobě	koby
vocative	kobo	kobě	koby
locative	kobě	kobú	kobách
instrumental	kobú	kobama	kobami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kobь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkoba/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈkoba/

Noun

koba f

1. fate

Declension

Declension of koba (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	koba	kobě	koby
genitive	koby	kobú	kob
dative	kobě	kobama	kobám
accusative	kobu	kobě	koby
vocative	kobo	kobě	koby
locative	kobě	kobú	kobách
instrumental	kobú	kobama	kobami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “koba”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese cavar and Spanish cavar and Kabuverdianu koba.

Verb

koba

1. to dig

Sotho

Verb

koba

1. to bend