English

Alternative forms

• ọba

Noun

oba ‎(plural obas)

1. Former title of a king in Benin
2. Now the title of a local chief in some parts of Nigeria

Derived terms

• iyoba

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• abo, ABO
• AOB, a.o.b.
• bao
• boa

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oba/

Pronoun

oba

1. both

Guhu-Samane

Noun

oba

1. water

References

• Ritva Hemmilä, Orthography and Phonology Database: Islands and Momase Regions (Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1998), page 42, Guhu-Samane

Japanese

Romanization

oba

1. rōmaji reading of おば

Old High German

Etymology

Akin to ūf

Preposition

oba

1. above

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *oba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔba]

Numeral

oba

1. both

Declension

See also

• oboje (collective)

Portuguese

Interjection

oba

1. (usually childish) whee; yay (expression of pleasure or enjoyment)

Synonyms

• iúpi, eba

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *oba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ôba/
• Hyphenation: o‧ba

Noun

ȍba m, n ‎(Cyrillic spelling о̏ба)

1. both (for masculine and neuter pairs)

Declension

Related terms

• ȍbje/ȍbe (for feminine pairs)

Volapük

Pronoun

oba

1. (possessive) (genitive singular of ob) my, of mine

Synonyms

• obik