obá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oba"

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *toβa (“face”), from Proto-Tupian *jəba (“face, forehead”).

Cognate with Guaraní tova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈβa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: o‧bá

Noun

obá (IIa class pluriform, absolute tobá, R1 robá, R2 sobá) (possessable)

1. face (front part of the head of a human or animal)

Derived terms

• oba'ok
• obaapyra
• obaapûã
• obabo
• obaky'aky'a
• obaposanga
• obapy
• obapy'aba
• obapytym
• obapŷaba
• obara'akanga
• obasab
• obasem
• obasy
• obasypaba
• obaî
• obaîuba

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: suá

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “obá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: the classical indigenous language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 353, column 2

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba ọba.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈba/ [ɔˈβa]

• Homophone: Obá

Noun

obá m (plural obás)

1. oba (a king of a Yoruba polity)
2. (religion) an honorary title in Candomblé given to each of the 12 men who form the council of ministers and hold seats of honor alongside King Shango