obe

See also: Appendix:Variations of "obe"

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

obe (plural obes)

1. (historical) A particular subdivision of ancient Laconia.
   • 1890, Sir William Smith, William Wayte, George Eden Marindin, A dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities‎^[2], volume 1, page 905:

     It is probably that the τριακάδες represented ultimate division of the people, like the γένη of Attica; but it is difficult to see how such generic divisions could have born any relation to the local division of the obe.

Etymology 2

Noun

obe (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of obeah.

See also

• obe ata

Anagrams

• BEO, BOE, BoE, Boe, EOB, OEB

Bavarian

Preposition

obe

1. (Austria, informal) up, off

   Seds schön obe? I liag no im Bettle und bin no holb am schlofn.

   Are you already awake? I'm still lying in bed, half asleep.

   (literally, “Are you already up? I'm still lying in the little bed and am still half asleep.”)

Champenois

Noun

obe

1. (Auve) tree

References

• Tarbé, Prosper (1851), Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne‎^[3] (in French), volume 1, Reims, page 110

Isoko

Noun

obe (plural ebe)

1. dated spelling of ụbị

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognate with Minica Huitoto obe and Nüpode Huitoto obe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔbɛ]
• Hyphenation: o‧be

Root

obe

1. umari (Poraqueiba sericea)

Derived terms

• obedo

References

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[4], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 351

Nzadi

Adjective

obé (plural obé)

1. bad

   Antonym: odzɔ́

Further reading

• Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011), A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ȍbje (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ôbe/
• Hyphenation: o‧be

Noun

ȍbe f (Cyrillic spelling о̏бе)

1. both (for feminine pairs)

Declension

Declension of obe

	singular
nominative	ȍbe
genitive	obèjū
dative	obèma
accusative	ȍbe
vocative	ȍbe
locative	obèma
instrumental	obèma

Related terms

• ȍba (for masculine and neuter pairs)
• ȍboje (for mixed pairs)

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

According to Holm and Oyedeji, from Yoruba obì (“kola-nut”); also compare Nkonya ɔbɛ (“Elaeis guineensis”), Twi Akan abɛ (“Elaeis guineensis”). Compare Krio obi, Portuguese obi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obe/, [ʊ̞bɪ̞], [ɔ̝be̝]

Noun

obe

1. Elaeis oleifera (the American oil palm and its fruit)

Volapük

Pronoun

obe

1. (dative singular of ob) to me
   • 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:

     Givolöd obe ün asoar kaloti uta, keli debob ole!

     Give me the bill tonight of what I owe you.

   • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 15:

     Buk, keli elegivol obe, binon jönik.

     The book you have given to me is beautiful.

   • 1940, “Pro yunanef Nedänik”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 38:

     Äsagom obe, das övisitom obi.

     He told me that he would visit me.