obi
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Japanese 帯 (obi, “belt”).
Noun edit
obi (plural obi or obis)
- A sash worn with a kimono.
- 1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha, Vintage, published 1998, page 29:
- The broad obi tied around her middle was orange and yellow. I'd never seen such elegant clothing.
- 2001, Kikue Yamakawa, Kate Wildman Nakai, Women of the Mito Domain: Recollections of Samurai Family Life:
- They had known nothing of woolen cloth, but now the popularity of obi made of imported grogram spread like wildfire. This popularity produced various stories in its wake.
- A strip of paper looped around a book or other product.
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
obi (countable and uncountable, plural obis)
- Alternative form of obeah
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Catalan olbi, from Latin alveus.
Noun edit
obi m (plural obis)
- trough (container for feeding or watering animals)
- Synonym: com
- u-shaped valley, trough valley, glacial trough
- Synonym: com
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
obi m (plural obis)
- obi (sash worn with a kimono)
Further reading edit
- “obi” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “obi”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “obi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Guinea-Bissau Creole edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese ouvir. Cognate with Kabuverdianu obi.
Verb edit
obi
- to hear
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Clipping and -i diminutive of objektív (“camera lens”).
Noun edit
obi (plural obik)
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | obi | obik |
| accusative | obit | obikat |
| dative | obinak | obiknak |
| instrumental | obival | obikkal |
| causal-final | obiért | obikért |
| translative | obivá | obikká |
| terminative | obiig | obikig |
| essive-formal | obiként | obikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | obiban | obikban |
| superessive | obin | obikon |
| adessive | obinál | obiknál |
| illative | obiba | obikba |
| sublative | obira | obikra |
| allative | obihoz | obikhoz |
| elative | obiból | obikból |
| delative | obiról | obikról |
| ablative | obitól | obiktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
obié | obiké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
obiéi | obikéi |
| Possessive forms of obi | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | obim | obijaim |
| 2nd person sing. | obid | obijaid |
| 3rd person sing. | obija | obijai |
| 1st person plural | obink | obijaink |
| 2nd person plural | obitok | obijaitok |
| 3rd person plural | obijuk | obijaik |
Etymology 2 edit
Ob (“[the river] Ob”) + -i (adjective-forming suffix)
Adjective edit
obi (not comparable)
- of, from, or related to the river Ob or its watershed
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | obi | obiak |
| accusative | obit | obiakat |
| dative | obinak | obiaknak |
| instrumental | obival | obiakkal |
| causal-final | obiért | obiakért |
| translative | obivá | obiakká |
| terminative | obiig | obiakig |
| essive-formal | obiként | obiakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | obiban | obiakban |
| superessive | obin | obiakon |
| adessive | obinál | obiaknál |
| illative | obiba | obiakba |
| sublative | obira | obiakra |
| allative | obihoz | obiakhoz |
| elative | obiból | obiakból |
| delative | obiról | obiakról |
| ablative | obitól | obiaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
obié | obiaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
obiéi | obiakéi |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Ob-Ugric languages (Wikipedia)
Igbo edit
Noun edit
óbi
- The heart, the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body.[1]
- The location of feelings and intuitions.
References edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 帯 (obi, “belt”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
obi (first-person possessive obiku, second-person possessive obimu, third-person possessive obinya)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 帯 (obi, “belt”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
obi m (invariable)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- obi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
obi
Kabuverdianu edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese ouvir.
Verb edit
obi
References edit
- Brüser, Martina, dos Reis Santos, André, Lang, Jürgen (2002) Dicionário do Crioulo da Ilha de Santiago (Cabo Verde) : com equivalentes de tradução em alemão e português / Wörterbuch des Kreols der Insel Santiago (Kapverde), →ISBN
- Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro
Latin edit
Verb edit
obī
Mansaka edit
Etymology edit
From ubi.
Noun edit
obi
Volapük edit
Pronoun edit
obi
- (accusative singular of ob) me
Yilan Creole edit
Etymology edit
From Japanese 帯 (obi, “obi; sash worn with kimono”).
Noun edit
obi
- belt (clothing)
References edit
- 真田信治 [Shinji Sanada] (2015) “宜蘭クレオールにおけるsound substitutionについて [On the sound substitution of Yilan Creole]”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2]
Yoruba edit
Etymology 1 edit
From ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + bí (“to give birth to”), literally “That who gives birth”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
òbí
Etymology 2 edit
Cognate with Itsekiri óbì, Igala óbì. Possible cognates include Nupe ebì, Aghem ébiá. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-bì. A common folk etymology used in traditional prayers identifies it as from o- (“nominalizing prefix”) + bì (“to remove, to spue”), literally “That which removes (impurities)”
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
obì