obe
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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NounEdit
obe (plural obes)
- (historical) A particular subdivision of ancient Laconia.
- 1890, Sir William Smith, William Wayte, George Eden Marindin, A dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities[1], 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 2Edit
NounEdit
obe (uncountable)
- Obsolete form of obeah.
AnagramsEdit
ChampenoisEdit
NounEdit
obe
- (Auve) tree
ReferencesEdit
- Tarbé, Prosper (1851) Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne[2] (in French), volume 1, Reims, page 110
NzadiEdit
AdjectiveEdit
obé (plural obé)
Further readingEdit
- 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-CroatianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- (Ijekavian): ȍbje
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ȍbe f (Cyrillic spelling о̏бе)
- both (for feminine pairs)
Related termsEdit
- ȍba (for masculine and neuter pairs)
VolapükEdit
PronounEdit
obe