oba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oba"

English

Alternative forms

• ọba

Etymology

From Yoruba ọba.

Noun

oba (plural obas)

1. A king of a Yoruba polity.

Derived terms

• iyoba

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “oba”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• A/B/O, ABO, AOB, Abo, BAO, Bao, OAB, a.o.b., abo, bao, boa

Aklanon

Adjective

oba

1. naked

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Cognates are found only in Oghuz languages, such as Turkmen ōba (“village”), Turkish oba (“large nomad tent; clan, tribe, village”). Compare, however, ova (“plains”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

oba (definite accusative obanı, plural obalar)

1. camp of nomads or herdsmen
2. a small village or settlement

Declension

Declension of oba
	singular	plural
nominative	oba	obalar
definite accusative	obanı	obaları
dative	obaya	obalara
locative	obada	obalarda
ablative	obadan	obalardan
definite genitive	obanın	obaların

Possessive forms of oba
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	obam	obalarım
sənin (“your”)	oban	obaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	obası	obaları
bizim (“our”)	obamız	obalarımız
sizin (“your”)	obanız	obalarınız
onların (“their”)	obası or obaları	obaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	obamı	obalarımı
sənin (“your”)	obanı	obalarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	obasını	obalarını
bizim (“our”)	obamızı	obalarımızı
sizin (“your”)	obanızı	obalarınızı
onların (“their”)	obasını or obalarını	obalarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	obama	obalarıma
sənin (“your”)	obana	obalarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	obasına	obalarına
bizim (“our”)	obamıza	obalarımıza
sizin (“your”)	obanıza	obalarınıza
onların (“their”)	obasına or obalarına	obalarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	obamda	obalarımda
sənin (“your”)	obanda	obalarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	obasında	obalarında
bizim (“our”)	obamızda	obalarımızda
sizin (“your”)	obanızda	obalarınızda
onların (“their”)	obasında or obalarında	obalarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	obamdan	obalarımdan
sənin (“your”)	obandan	obalarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	obasından	obalarından
bizim (“our”)	obamızdan	obalarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	obanızdan	obalarınızdan
onların (“their”)	obasından or obalarından	obalarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	obamın	obalarımın
sənin (“your”)	obanın	obalarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	obasının	obalarının
bizim (“our”)	obamızın	obalarımızın
sizin (“your”)	obanızın	obalarınızın
onların (“their”)	obasının or obalarının	obalarının

Derived terms

• el-oba

Further reading

• “oba” in Obastan.com.

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech oba, from Proto-Slavic *oba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oba/

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Pronoun

oba m (feminine/neuter obě)

1. both

Declension

Declension of oba

		plural
		masculine	feminine/neuter
nominative		oba	obě
genitive		obou
dative		oběma
accusative		oba	obě
locative		obou
instrumental		oběma

Further reading

• oba in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• oba in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• oba in Internetová jazyková příručka

Guhu-Samane

Noun

oba

1. water

References

• Ritva Hemmilä, Orthography and Phonology Database: Islands and Momase Regions (Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1998), page 42, Guhu-Samane

Irish

Noun

oba

1. Alternative form of hob

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oba	n-oba	hoba	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

oba

1. Rōmaji transcription of おば

Laz

Noun

oba (Khopa)

1. Latin spelling of ობა (oba)

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oba.

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

oba

1. both

Declension

Declension of oba

		dual
		masculine	feminine/neuter
nominative		oba	obě
genitive		obú
dative		oběma
accusative		oba	obě
locative		obú
instrumental		oběma

Descendants

• Czech: oba

References

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

Old High German

Etymology 1

Akin to ūf

Preposition

oba

1. above

Adverb

oba

1. above

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *jabai.

Conjunction

oba

1. Alternative form of ibu

Descendants

• Middle High German: obe, ob, op
  • German: ob
  • Yiddish: אויב (oyb)

References

• Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oba. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ɔba/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ɔba/

Numeral

oba

1. both

Descendants

• Masurian: ôba
• Polish: oba
• Silesian: ôba

References

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “oba”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Mańczak, Witold (2017) “oba”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “oba”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “oba”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.βa/
• Rhymes: -ɔβa
• Hyphenation: o‧ba

Noun

oba (IIe class pluriform, absolute soba, R1 roba, R2 soba) (possessable)

1. leaf (green, flat organ of most vegetative plants)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: awa

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish oba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ba/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ba/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔba
• Syllabification: o‧ba

Numeral

oba (collective oboje)

1. both

   Synonym: obydwa

Declension

Declension of oba (irregular)

		plural
		masculine personal	masculine nonpersonal	feminine	neuter
nominative		obaj	oba	obie	oba
genitive		obu, obóch
dative		obu, obom, obóm
accusative		obu, obóch	oba	obie	oba
instrumental		oboma, obu		obiema, oboma, obu	oboma, obu
locative		obu, obóch

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), oba is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 35 times in scientific texts, 47 times in news, 26 times in essays, 48 times in fiction, and 14 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 170 times, making it the 338th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

• oba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• oba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “oba”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “OBA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2018 July 1
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “oba”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[2]
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “oba”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎^[3]
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “oba”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[4] (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 433

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.bɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈo.bɐ/ [ˈo.βɐ]

• Hyphenation: o‧ba

Interjection

oba

1. (usually childish) whee; yay (expression of pleasure or enjoyment)

   Synonyms: iúpi, eba

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ôba/
• Hyphenation: o‧ba

Numeral

ȍba (Cyrillic spelling о̏ба)

1. both (for masculine and neuter pairs)

   Synonym: ȍbadvā

Declension

declension of oba

	m & n	f *
nominative	ȍba	ȍbje, ȍbe
genitive	obàjū	obìjū, obѐjū
dative	obàma	objèma, obèma
accusative	ȍba	ȍbje, ȍbe
vocative	ȍba	ȍbje, ȍbe
locative	obàma	objèma, obèma
instrumental	obàma	objèma, obèma
* Feminine forms listed in Ijekavian and Ekavian pairs.

Related terms

• ȍbje/ȍbe (for feminine pairs)
• ȍboje (for mixed pairs)
• obòjica

Slovak

Alternative forms

• obidva

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔba]

Pronoun

oba m inan

1. both

Declension

Declension of obaja

		plural
		masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine/neuter
nominative		obaja	oba	obe
genitive		oboch
dative		obom
accusative		oboch	oba	obe
locative		oboch
instrumental		oboma, obomi

Further reading

• “oba”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Adjective

oba f

1. feminine singular of obo

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اوبه (“large tent; nomad family”). Cognate with Azerbaijani oba, Turkmen ōba (“village”).

Noun

oba (definite accusative obayı, plural obalar)

1. clan, tribe, village

References

• oba, Nisanyan, Turkish Etymological Dictionary
• *ōpa, *ṓp`V in Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Volapük

Pronoun

oba

1. (possessive) (genitive singular of ob) my, of mine

   Synonym: obik