loba

See also: lóba

French

Verb

loba

1. third-person singular past historic of lober

Anagrams

• labo

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Indonesian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit लोभ (lobha)

Adjective

loba

1. greedy

Synonyms

• tamak
• serakah

Derived terms

• kelobaan (“greed”)

Anagrams

• bola

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Latgalian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian labs, Lithuanian labas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloba/

Adjective

loba f

1. good

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Latin

Etymology

Mentioned by Pliny; from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, “pod, lobe of fruit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ba/, [ˈɫ̪ɔbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ba/, [ˈlɔːbä]

Noun

loba f (genitive lobae); first declension

1. straw of Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor)
2. nightshade

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	loba	lobae
Genitive	lobae	lobārum
Dative	lobae	lobīs
Accusative	lobam	lobās
Ablative	lobā	lobīs
Vocative	loba	lobae

References

• “loba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• loba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• loba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Lindu

Noun

loba

1. colors and markings on animal fur

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin lupa.

Noun

loba f (plural lobas)

1. (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of lobo, a she-wolf
2. (derogatory slang) a bitch, a slut: a sexually promiscuous woman
3. (archaic, ecclesiastical) a wide cassock worn by Portuguese clergy

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lupa.

Noun

loba f (plural lobas)

1. (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of lobo, a she-wolf
2. (slang) a fox: an attractive woman
3. (slang) a bitch: a prostitute

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Swazi

Etymology

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Pronoun

loba

1. that over there, yonder; class 14 remote demonstrative.

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Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dóba (“to fish”).

Verb

-lôba

1. to fish

Inflection

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