boba
English edit
Etymology edit
From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 波霸 (bōbà), from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “large breasts, tapioca pearls”), from 波 (bo1) transcribing English ball and 霸 (baa3, “chief, top”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
boba (countable and uncountable, plural bobas)
- Synonym of tapioca pearl.
- Short for boba tea.
See also edit
References edit
- “boba, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2018.
Anagrams edit
Gagauz edit
Noun edit
boba
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From English boba, from the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 波霸 (bōbà), from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “large breasts, tapioca pearls”), from 波 (bo1) transcribing English ball and 霸 (baa3, “chief, top”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
boba (plural boba-boba, first-person possessive bobaku, second-person possessive bobamu, third-person possessive bobanya)
Further reading edit
- “boba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps of Slavic origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
boba f (plural bobe)
Further reading edit
- boba2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
boba
Lithuanian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *baba (“old woman”).
Noun edit
bóba f stress pattern 1
References edit
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 32
- “boba”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
Livvi edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
boba
Declension edit
Declension of boba (Type 2/boba, b-v gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | boba | bovat |
genitive | bovan | boviin |
partitive | bobua | bobii |
illative | bobah | bobiih |
inessive | bovas | boviis |
elative | bovaspäi | boviispäi |
allative | bovale | boviile |
adessive | boval | boviil |
ablative | bovalpäi | boviilpäi |
translative | bovakse | boviikse |
essive | bovannu | boviinnu |
abessive | bovattah | boviittah |
comitative | bovanke | boviinke |
instructive | boviin | |
prolative | bovači |
References edit
- Tatjana Boiko (2019) “boba”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 26
Lower Sorbian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
boba
- genitive singular of bob
- nominative dual of bob
- accusative dual of bob
Portuguese edit
Adjective edit
boba
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
boba (Cyrillic spelling боба)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
See bobo.
Adjective edit
boba
Noun edit
boba
- female equivalent of bobo
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from English boba, ultimately from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “large breasts, tapioca pearls”).
Noun edit
boba m (plural bobas)
- Synonym of perlas de tapioca
- Short for té de boba.
- ¿Podemos tomar otro boba?
- Can we have another boba?
Further reading edit
“boba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
boba (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊ)
- feminine of bobo: stupid; dumb
- 2020, Jan Milo Severo, “'It's so fake': Vivian Velez goes viral for comparing Robredo's look to Miss Tapia”, in The Philippine Star[1]:
- "Obviously, they want to make her look smarter (kasi nga boba) with those glasses on and books on the table, not to mention the color choice of her outfit. Ano 'to, shooting? Playing 'the president' daw sya?" she added.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun edit
boba (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊ)
West Makian edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
boba
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of boba (stative verb) | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | tiboba | miboba | aboba | |
2nd person | niboba | fiboba | ||
3rd person | inanimate | iboba | diboba | |
animate | maboba | |||
imperative | —, boba | —, boba |
Alternative forms edit
References edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics